English Explanatory Dictionary

reclude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To open; to unblock.
  2. To close off, to confine.
  3. To seclude, cut off from the community, the world etc.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkluːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reclude.wav

Word forms

reclude recludes recluding recluded

Etymology

From Latin reclūdere (“to open; to shut off”), from re- + claudere (“to close”).

Translations

Catalan: recloure Spanish: recluir
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