Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of conferring secretly; private or clandestine conference.
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- verb Present participle of
closet .
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Examples
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It is more than probable, though only a conjecture, that Dryden might be made the subject of those private exhortations, which in that reign were called closeting; and, predisposed as he was, he could hardly be supposed capable of resisting the royal eloquence.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882
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The "closeting" consisted simply in the fact that Miss Macnulty was not present.
The Eustace Diamonds Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1872
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The "closeting" consisted simply in the fact that Miss Macnulty was not present.
The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1848
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She loves having a Guru, she loves feeling devout and closeting herself in an Ashram in India for four months, she loves being able to say she meditates every morning and every evening.
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As a counterweight to the violent legacy of forced closeting, today's LGBT culture is all about distinctive recognition.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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Instead they collaborated just as did Stein, closeting her Nazi sympathies and actions.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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Instead they collaborated just as did Stein, closeting her Nazi sympathies and actions.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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"Wardrobing" or "closeting" is when a customer buys an article of clothing knowing she'll return it after wearing it.
Retailers must stay on their toes to keep up with creative thieves John Kelly 2011
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Instead they collaborated just as did Stein, closeting her Nazi sympathies and actions.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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As a counterweight to the violent legacy of forced closeting, today's LGBT culture is all about distinctive recognition.
Mira Sucharov: Judaic Change And Recognizing Gay Difference Mira Sucharov 2011
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