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fore⋅close

  [fawr-klohz, fohr-] verb, -closed, -clos⋅ing.
Use foreclose in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. Law.
a. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, esp. 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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME foreclosen < OF forclos, ptp. of forclore to exclude, equiv. to for- out + clore to shut (< L claudere)

Related forms:
fore⋅clos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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fore·close   (fôr-klōz', fōr-)   
v.   fore·closed, fore·clos·ing, fore·clos·es

v.   tr.

    1. To deprive (a mortgagor) of the right to redeem mortgaged property, as when payments have not been made.

    2. To bar an equity or a right to redeem (a mortgage).

  2. To exclude or rule out; bar.

  3. To settle or resolve beforehand.

v.   intr.
To bar an equity or a right to redeem a mortgage.

[Middle English forclosen, to exclude from an inheritance, from Old French forclos, shut out, past participle of forclore, to exclude : fors-, outside (from Latin forīs; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots) + clore, to close (from Latin claudere).]
fore·clos'a·ble adj.
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Word Origin & History

foreclose 
c.1290, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: fore·close
Pronunciation: fOr-'klOz
Function: verb
Etymology: Anglo-French forclos, past participle of foreclore to preclude, prevent, from fors outside + clore to close
transitive verb : to subject to foreclosure proceedings intransitive verb : to foreclose a mortgage or other security interest —compare REPOSSESS, SEIZE 2
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