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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seclude \Se*clude\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr & vb
n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere seclusum pref. se- aside +
claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.]
1. To shut up apart from others to withdraw into or place
in solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with
others
Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude
their bosom slaves. --Thomson.
2. To shut or keep out to exclude. [Obs.] --Evelyn. --
{Se*clud"ed*ly}, adv -- {Se*clud"ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
secluded
adj 1: hidden from general view or use "a privy place to rest and
think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
[syn: {privy}, {secret}]
2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic
world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered
pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade
tree"; 'a secluded romantic spot" [syn: {cloistered}, {reclusive},
{sequestered}]
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