SECLUDE


Meaning of SECLUDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ si-ˈklüd ]

transitive verb

( se·clud·ed ; se·clud·ing )

Etymology: Middle English, to cut off (from), from Latin secludere to separate, seclude, from se- apart + claudere to close — more at secede , close

Date: circa 1533

1. obsolete : to exclude from a privilege, rank, or dignity : debar

2. : to remove or separate from intercourse or outside influence : isolate

3. : shut off , screen

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.