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Type

free base

Denotation

shut, confine

Etymology

Old French clos-, from clore; Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (-clusus, -cludere in compounds)

Evidence

close, closet, closure, disclose, enclose

See Also

Clause, Cloist(e)r, Claustr, Clude, Cluse, Cleist

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