exclude

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin excludere, from prefix ex- (“out”), + variant form of verb claudere (“close”).

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exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)

  1. To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
  2. To expel; to put out.
  3. (law, of evidence) To refuse to accept as valid.
  4. (medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

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Translations [edit]

to bar from entering; keep out
to expel, put out
to refuse to accept as valid
to eliminate from diagnostic consideration

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

exclūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of exclūdō
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