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verb (used with object)
1.
Law.
a.
to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, especially on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee.
b.
to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
2.
to shut out; exclude; bar.
3.
to hinder or prevent, as from doing something.
4.
to establish an exclusive claim to.
5.
to close, settle, or answer beforehand.
verb (used without object)
6.
to foreclose a mortgage or pledge.
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Foreclose
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English foreclosen < Old French forclos, past participle of forclore to exclude, equivalent to for- out + clore to shut (< Latin claudere)
1250–1300; Middle English foreclosen < Old French forclos, past participle of forclore to exclude, equivalent to for- out + clore to shut (< Latin claudere)
Related forms
fore·clos·a·ble, adjective
non·fore·clos·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
foreclose
late 13c., from O.Fr. forclos, pp. of forclore "exclude," from fors "out" (from L. foris "outside;" see foreign) + clore "to shut." Specific mortgage law sense is first attested 1728. Related: Foreclosed; foreclosing.
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