The Collaborative International Dictionary
Close \Close\, v. i.
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To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
--Byron. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
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To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. --Prescott. To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. ``Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.'' --Sir W. Temple. To close with.
To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed.
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To make an agreement with.
To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.
Usage examples of "to close upon".
In turn his other hand went to close upon one of Vorlund's while the spacer's second hand was with Farree in hold.
Suddenly Horg made a rush at von Horst, the brawny arms, the ham-like hands endeavoring to close upon him.
I saw that a faint streak of daylight was showing through the curtains of the windows, and that the clock on the mantelpiece pointed to close upon five o'clock.
Instead, grippers of enormous power were starting to close upon his arms and legs.