Meaning of FORECLOSE
| Pronunciation: | | fowr'klowz
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- [v] subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
- [v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
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| | Synonyms: | | forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent |
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| | See Also: | | avert, avoid, baffle, bilk, block, blockade, cross, debar, deflect, embarrass, fend off, foil, frustrate, halt, head off, hinder, kibosh, make unnecessary, obstruct, obviate, queer, reclaim, repossess, save, scotch, spoil, stave off, stop, stymie, stymy, thwart, ward off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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