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cloture definition

clo·ture (klō′c̸hər)

noun

the parliamentary procedure by which debate is closed and the measure under discussion put to an immediate vote

Etymology: Fr clôture < OFr closture < ML clostura (altered after L claustrum: see cloister

transitive verb clotured -·tured, cloturing -·tur·ing

to apply cloture to (a debate, bill, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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