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PRECLUDE

\pɹɪklˈuːd], \pɹɪklˈuːd], \p_ɹ_ɪ_k_l_ˈuː_d]\

Definitions of PRECLUDE

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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make impossible, esp. beforehand

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To shut out; hinder; stop; to keep from taking place; prevent.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To hinder by anticipation: to keep back: to prevent from taking place.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Preclusion.
To prevent; foreclose.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Preclusion.
To prevent by previous action.
Precludely.
Precludeness.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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