Definition for CLOS'URE

CLOS'URE, n. [clo'zhur.]

  1. The act of shutting; a closing. – Boyle.
  2. That which closes, or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or made to adhere. – Pope.
  3. Inclosure; that which confines. – Shak.
  4. Conclusion. – Shak.

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