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preclude(dictionary)
preclude(dictionary)

preclude (iou)



preclude verb trans. L15.
[Latin praecludere, from prae PRE- + claudere to shut.]
Close or bar (a passage, route, etc.) against any attempt to pass. L15-L18.
Shut out, exclude; prevent, frustrate; make impossible. E17.
G. Greene Immaturean adjective which does not preclude a university professor here or there. P. Norman Dad said, 'No, Louis' in a clipped voice that precluded all further enquiries. A. S. Byatt The ward..was so constituted that it precluded rest or sleep.
Esp. of a situation or condition: prevent (a person) from an action or (from) doing something. M18.
C. C. Trench Her intellectual limitations..precluded her from lengthy discussions. Air Force Magazine The weather precluded us from seeing where they..launch the Scuds.
preclusion noun (now rare) the action of precluding something; prevention by anticipatory measures: E17.
preclusive adjective that tends to preclude or has the effect of precluding something; preventive (of): L17.
preclusively adverb L17.