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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORECLO'SE, v.t. s as z. To shut up; to preclude; to stop; to prevent.
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.
To foreclose a mortgager, in law, is to cut him off from his equity of redemption, or the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, by a judgment of court.
[To foreclose a mortgage is not technically correct, but is often used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]
2: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French forclos, past participle of forclore, forsclore, from fors outside (from Latin foris) + clore to close — more at forum Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to shut out ; preclude 2. to hold exclusively 3. to deal with or close in advance 4. to subject to foreclosure proceedings intransitive verb to foreclose a mortgage

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (also absol.; foll. by on) stop (a mortgage) from being redeemable or (a mortgager) from redeeming, esp. as a result of defaults in payment. 2 exclude, prevent. 3 shut out; bar. Derivatives: foreclosure n. Etymology: ME f. OF forclos past part. of forclore f. for- out f. L foras + CLOSE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foreclose Fore*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(forecloses, foreclosing, foreclosed) If the person or organization that lent someone money forecloses, they take possession of a property that was bought with the borrowed money, for example because regular repayments have not been made. (BUSINESS) The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home. VERB: V on n, also V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Preclude, prevent, stop, debar, hinder, shut out. 2. (Law.) Deprive of the power of redeeming (a mortgage).

Moby Thesaurus

anticipate, avert, bar, cut off, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, disendow, dishearten, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, estop, evict, exclude, expropriate, fend, fend off, forbid, forestall, help, keep from, keep off, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save, stave off, turn aside, ward off