upclose

See also: up close

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ close.

Verb

upclose (third-person singular simple present upcloses, present participle upclosing, simple past and past participle upclosed)

1. (poetic) To close up.
   • 1909, Thomas Hardy, Panthera:

     My pains are otherwise: upclosing cramps / And stiffened tendons from this country's damps.

   • a. 1843, unknown author (initialled N. P. S.), "Lines to an Alabaster Sarcophagus"

     Some pious Thebans, when the storm was past, / Upclosed the sepulchre with cunning skill.

Anagrams

• close up, close-up, closeup, couples, culpeos, opuscle