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exclude definition

ex·clude (eks klo̵̅o̅d′, iks-)

transitive verb excluded -·clud′ed, excluding -·clud′·ing

  1. to refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar
  2. to put out; force out; expel

Etymology: ME excluden < L excludere < ex-, out + claudere, close

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