close vb. (often used where ‘enclose’ would now be usual, e.g. Lucr. 761 “Some purer chest to close so pure a mind” )
1.
to join
(hands) John II. i. 533, Rom. II. vi. 6.
2.
to be united, meet
H5 I. ii. 210
“many lines close in the
dial's centre,”
Mac. III. ii. 14
“She'll close and be
herself.”
3.
to grapple 1H4 III. ii. 133, 2H4 II. i. 21.
4.
to come to terms,
agree Gent. II. v. 13, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 834,
2H4 II. iv. 358, Cæs. III. i. 202,
Ham. II. i. 45
“He c-s with you in this
consequence”
; to take a lower stand, ‘climb
down’ Meas. V. i. 341.
