closing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CLOSING, participle present tense s as z. Shutting; coalescing; agreeing; ending. CLOSING, adjective s as z. That ends or concludes; as a closing word or letter. CLOSING, noun s as z. End; period; conclusion.
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