reclose

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verb

To close or be closed after having previously been opened.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

verbreclose (third-person singular simple present recloses, present participle reclosing, simple past and past participle reclosed)

present singular third person recloses · participle present reclosing · participle past reclosed · past reclosed

  1. ambitransitiveTo close or be closed after having previously been opened.

    Stents improved the procedure by combating the tendency of many vessels to reclose quickly after angioplasty.

    2007 June 1, Ronald Smothers, “Court Says New Jersey Official Was Wrong to Permit Angioplasties”, in New York Times
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    In fact, in April 2014, the twentieth anniversary of Cobain's death, the Seattle Police Department had "reopened" the investigation into Cobain's death but closed it (or reclosed it) a week or so later, sticking to the original "suicide" ruling.

    2016, Andrew Earles, Charles Cross, Gillian G. Gaar, Bob Gendron, Todd Martens, Mark Yarm, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana - Updated Edition, The Complete Illustrated History, page 198

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishclose
  7. Englishreclose

From re- + close.

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APA

reclose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclose

MLA

“reclose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reclose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclose.

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