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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECLU'DE, v. t. [L. secludo; se and claudo, cludo, to shut.]
1. To separate, as from company or society, and usually to keep apart for some length of tome, or to confine in a separate state; as persons in low spirits seclude themselves from society.
Let eastern tyrants from the light of heav'n Seclude their bosom slaves. Thomson.
2. To shut out; to prevent from entering; to preclude.
Inclose your tender plants in your conservatory, secluding all entrance of cold.
Evelyn.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (secluded; secluding) 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. --Thomson. 2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] --Evelyn. -- Se*clud"ed*ly, adv. -- Se*clud"ed*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Separate (from society), keep apart. 2. Shut out, exclude, repel.

Moby Thesaurus

bolt, cloister, closet, confine, cop out, cordon, cordon off, cull out, divide, enclose, forsake the world, ghettoize, gin, go into retirement, immure, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lay aside, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, pick out, put aside, quarantine, remain incommunicado, retire, riddle, rope off, rusticate, screen, seal off, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shut off, sieve, sift, sort out, stay at home, take the veil, thrash, thresh, winnow, withdraw