foreclosable

Variant of foreclose

foreclose definition

fore·close (fôr klōz′)

transitive verb foreclosed -·closed′, foreclosing -·clos′·ing

  1. to shut out; exclude; bar
  2. to extinguish the right to redeem (a mortgage) by foreclosure
  3. to deprive (a mortgagor) of this right by foreclosure
  4. to hinder or prevent
  5. to claim exclusively

Etymology: ME forclosen < OFr forclos, pp. of forclore, to exclude < fors (< L foris: see door), outside + clore (< L claudere), close

intransitive verb

to foreclose a mortgage

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