Crossword clues for closeting
closeting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Closet \Clos"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closeted p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]
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To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.]
Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.
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To make into a closet for a secret interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
--Bancroft.He had been closeted with De Quadra.
--Froude.
Wiktionary
n. (cx historical English) A private conference or interview. vb. (present participle of closet English)
Usage examples of "closeting".
Here was failure again, for Georgie signalled to him, through a closed window, that a closeting with dramatic literature was preferable to the society of a playmate.
All week he had been driving into Cheapside, quite early, and closeting himself in his office with his coffee and his four telephones.
For the most part, Tess stayed out of her way, closeting herself for several hours a day with her writing or phone calls to her agent.
For the most part, Tess stayed out of her way, closeting herself for several hours a day with her writing or phone calls to her agent.
Miles, closeting himself with the comm link, found himself increasingly hungry for that outside voice.
If the receipt of visits in my public room, the door continuing free to every one who should call at the same time, may be called closeting, then it is true that was closeted with every person who visited me.
Elaida's closest confidante, always whispering together in corners, closeting themselves in the night.