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ex⋅clude

  [ik-sklood]
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–verb (used with object), -clud⋅ed, -clud⋅ing.
1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -clūdere (comb. form of claudere to close)

Related forms:
ex⋅clud⋅er, noun
ex⋅clu⋅so⋅ry  [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.

Antonyms:
1. include.
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ex·clude   (ĭk-sklōōd')   
tr.v.   ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing, ex·cludes
  1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables.
  2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence.
  3. To put out; expel.

[Middle English excluden, from Latin exclūdere : ex-, ex- + claudere, to shut.]
ex·clud'a·bil'i·ty n., ex·clud'a·ble, ex·clud'i·ble adj. & n., ex·clud'er n.
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Exclude

Ex*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]

1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.

And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : exclude
Spanish: excluir,
German: ausschließen,
Japanese: 締め出す
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exclude 
1382, from L. excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Exclusive in social sense of "unwilling to admit outsiders" is from 1822.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·clude
Pronunciation: ik-'sklüd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·clud·ed; ex·clud·ing
1 : to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of <exclude hearsay evidence>
2 : to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage) excluded perils include acts of war>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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