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Webster 1913 Edition
Unclose
Un-close′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[1st pref.
un-
+ close
.] 1.
To open; to separate the parts of;
as, to
. unclose
a letter; to unclose
one’s eyes2.
To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unclose
UNCLO'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To open; to break the seal of; as, to unclose a letter.2.
To disclose; to lay open.Definition 2024
unclose
unclose
English
Verb
unclose (third-person singular simple present uncloses, present participle unclosing, simple past and past participle unclosed)
- (poetic) To open; to unclench.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.112:
- His eyes he opened, shut, again unclosed, / For all was doubt and dizziness [...].
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Triumph of Life
- All flowers in field or forest which unclose
Their trembling eyelids to the kiss of day,
Swinging their censers in the element,
With orient incense lit by the new ray
Burned slow and inconsumably, and sent
Their odorous sighs up to the smiling air […]
- All flowers in field or forest which unclose
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.112: