Meaning of PRECLUDE
| Pronunciation: | | pri'klood
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- [v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
- [v] make impossible, esp. beforehand
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| | Synonyms: | | close out, forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent, rule out |
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| | See Also: | | avert, avoid, baffle, bilk, block, blockade, cross, debar, deflect, eliminate, embarrass, fend off, foil, frustrate, halt, head off, hinder, kibosh, make unnecessary, obstruct, obviate, obviate, queer, rid of, save, scotch, spoil, stave off, stop, stymie, stymy, thwart, ward off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precluded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Precluding}.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae
before + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v.]
1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to
stop; to impede.
The valves preclude the blood from entering the
veins. --E. Darwin.
2. To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder
by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action
of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual;
to obviate by anticipation.
This much will obviate and preclude the objections.
--Bentley.
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| | Related Terms: | | anticipate, avert, avoid, ban, bar, bar out, block, blockade, cease, check, count out, cut off, debar, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discontinue, discourage, dishearten, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, freeze out, frustrate, help, hinder, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, interfere with, keep from, keep off, keep out, leave out, lock out, obstruct, obviate, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass over, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, quit, refuse, reject, relegate, repel, repress, repudiate, rule out, save, say no to, send to Coventry, shut out, stave off, stop, suppress, taboo, thwart, turn aside, ward, ward off |
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