Main Entry: se·clude

Pronunciation: \si-ˈklüd\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): se·clud·ed; se·clud·ing

Etymology: Middle English, to cut off (from), from Latin secludere to separate, seclude, from se- apart + claudere to close — more at secede, close

Date: circa 1533

1 obsolete : to exclude from a privilege, rank, or dignity : debar
2 : to remove or separate from intercourse or outside influence : isolate
3 : shut off, screen