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Webster 1913 Edition


Reclose

Re-close′

(rē-klōz′)
,
Verb.
T.
To close again.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reclose

RECLO'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [re and close.] To close or shut again.

Definition 2024


reclose

reclose

English

Verb

reclose (third-person singular simple present recloses, present participle reclosing, simple past and past participle reclosed)

  1. To close or be closed after having previously been opened
    • 2007 June 1, Ronald Smothers, “Court Says New Jersey Official Was Wrong to Permit Angioplasties”, in New York Times:
      Stents improved the procedure by combating the tendency of many vessels to reclose quickly after angioplasty.

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