What does seclude mean?
Definitions for seclude
sɪˈkludse·clude
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Princeton's WordNet
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawverb
keep away from others
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
Wiktionary
secludeverb
To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
secludeverb
To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Secludeverb
To confine from; to shut up apart; to exclude.
Etymology: secludo, Latin.
None is secluded from that function of any degree, state, or calling. John Whitgift.
Some parts of knowledge God has thought fit to seclude from us, to fence them not only, as he did the interdicted tree, by precept and commination, but with difficulties and impossibilities. Decay of Piety.
The number of birds described may be near five hundred, and the number of fishes, secluding shell-fish, as many; but if the shell-fish be taken in, more than six times the number. John Ray, on the Creation.
Inclose your tender plants in your conservatory, secluding all entrance of cold. John Evelyn, Kalendar.
Let eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
Seclude their bosom slaves. James Thomson.
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seclude
To seclude means to isolate or keep apart from others, often involving a place or person. This can involve a physical separation as well as a psychological or emotional withdrawal or detachment.
Webster Dictionary
Secludeverb
to shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others
Secludeverb
to shut or keep out; to exclude
Etymology: [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Seclude
sē-klōōd′, v.i. to shut apart: to keep apart.—adj. Sēclud′ed, retired: withdrawn from observation.—adv. Sēclud′edly.—ns. Sēclu′sion, the act of secluding: a shutting out: the state of being secluded or apart: separation: retirement: privacy: solitude; Sēclu′sionist.—adj. Sēclu′sive. [L. secludĕre, seclusum—se-, apart, claudĕre, to shut.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seclude in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seclude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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