sə̇ˈklüd, sēˈ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English secluden to keep away, forbid to enter, from Latin secludere to confine, separate, seclude, from sed-, se- apart (from sed, se without) + -cludere (from claudere to shut, close) — more at idiot , close
1.
a. : to shut up apart : confine in a place hard to reach or enter : make inaccessible : secrete , hide
b. : to remove or separate (oneself or another) from intercourse or outside influence : withdraw into solitude : isolate
was accused … of an intention to seclude himself in magnificent isolation — Robert Grant †1940
2. obsolete
a. : to exclude or debar from a privilege, rank, or dignity : expel or bar from a membership or office
22 of the old secluded members having been at the House door the last week to demand entrance — Samuel Pepys
b. : to exclude from consideration
c. : to keep out from a place or society
3. : to shut off : protect , screen
a secluded spot frequented by those interested in fishing and tramping — American Guide Series: New Hampshire
4. obsolete : to separate by or as if by a barrier : keep apart or distinct
nothing but clergy could us two seclude — Andrew Marvell