seclude

  • 21seclude — verb keep (someone) away from other people. Origin ME (in the sense obstruct access to ): from L. secludere, from se apart + claudere to shut …

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  • 22seclude — v. a. 1. Separate (from society), keep apart. 2. Shut out, exclude, repel …

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  • 23seclude — verb (T) formal to keep yourself or someone else away from other people …

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  • 24seclude — v 1. isolate, shut off, shut out, keep out, blackball; sequester, sequestrate, quarantine, zone, ghettoize; keep apart, separate, segregate, exclude; circumscribe, encircle, insulate, enisle, cordon off, rope off; maroon, exile, evict, cast out,… …

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  • 25seclude — se·clude …

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  • 26seclude — se•clude [[t]sɪˈklud[/t]] v. t. clud•ed, clud•ing 1) to remove from social contact and activity; isolate 2) to shut off; keep apart: They secluded the garden from the rest of the property[/ex] • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < L sēclūdere=sē se… …

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  • 27seclude — /səˈklud / (say suh kloohd) verb (t) (secluded, secluding) to shut off or keep apart; place in or withdraw into solitude. {Latin sēclūdere} …

  • 28seclude — v.tr. (also refl.) 1 keep (a person or place) retired or away from company. 2 (esp. as secluded adj.) hide or screen from view. Etymology: ME f. L secludere seclus (as SE , claudere shut) …

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  • 29Secluded — Seclude Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate… …

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  • 30Secludedly — Seclude Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate… …

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