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seclude

[ si-klood ]

verb (used with object)

, se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing.
  1. to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
  2. to isolate; shut off; keep apart:

    They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.



seclude

/ sɪˈkluːd /

verb

  1. to remove from contact with others
  2. to shut off or screen from view
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • unse·cluding adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude1

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin sēclūdere, equivalent to sē- se- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to close
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seclude1

C15: from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to imprison
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Example Sentences

The mountain is secluded and can be cold and windy quite often but the terrain is unmatched, along with the mountain’s commitment to their clientele.

We were again in the middle of a lonely place, secluded like an intruder.

ISBE found that in nearly 11,000 of those incidents, school workers identified no safety risk before secluding or restraining a student, as required by state law.

He had been secluded as a child and has spoken about the harm it caused.

Sahar spent the initial three months of her marriage crying and secluding herself from the rest of the village.

He had not yet begun to seclude himself, and he and his companions seemed to be trying to make the best of their situation.

She seemed anxious to seclude herself from the world, and to seek to drown her grief in the solitude she had formerly avoided.

It had led him to seclude himself from the gay little Delisleville world and cut himself off from young friendships.

This is merely an iron pot, with a close fitting flange lid so as to seclude all dust and ashes, and we used it in this way.

Darling, how I hate to seclude you from the gaze of men because I am too poor to adorn you like the rest.

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