Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Close \Close\, v. i.
   1. 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.

   2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate
      closed at six o'clock.

   3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.

            They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.
                                                  --Prescott.

   {To close} {on or 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}.
      (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close
          with the terms proposed.
      (b) To make an agreement with.

   {To close with the land} (Naut.), to approach the land.