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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exclude \Ex*clude"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Excluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excluding}.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See {Close}.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
{Excluded middle}. (logic) The name given to the third of the ''three logical axioms,'' so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: ''Everything is either A or Not-A.'' no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See {Principle of contradiction}, under {Contradiction}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exclude
verb
1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: {except}, {leave out}, {leave off}, {omit}, {take out}] [ant: {include}]
2: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: {keep out}, {shut out}, {shut}] [ant: {admit}]
3: lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" [ant: {include}]
4: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: {bar}, {debar}]
5: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom" [syn: {expel}, {eject}, {chuck out}, {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
197 Moby Thesaurus words for "exclude": abjure, abscind, amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, banish, bar, bar out, bate, blackball, blockade, bob, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cast, cast out, categorically reject, chuck, chuck out, clip, contemn, contradict, count out, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, decline, defenestrate, deflect, deny, deport, despise, deter, detrude, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, discourage, disdain, disfavor, disfellowship, dishearten, dismiss, disown, disregard, dissent from, dock, eject, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, estop, evict, except, excise, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extinguish, extirpate, extradite, extrude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, forswear, freeze out, frown at, frown down, frown upon, fugitate, get rid of, give the hook, grimace at, heave out, help, ignore, inhibit, interdict, isolate, jettison, junk, keep away, keep from, keep off, keep out, kick downstairs, kick out, knock off, leave out, lock out, look askance at, look black upon, lop, mutilate, nip, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, obtrude, obviate, omit, oppose, ostracize, oust, outlaw, pare, pass by, pass over, pass up, peel, pick out, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, prune, push aside, put out, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, relegate, remove, renounce, repel, repress, repudiate, repulse, root out, rule, rule out, rusticate, save, say no to, scout, send away, send down, send to Coventry, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shove away, shut out, snub, spurn, stamp out, stave off, strike off, strip, strip off, suppress, taboo, take exception to, take off, take out, think ill of, think little of, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, thrust out, thumb down, toss out, transport, truncate, turn aside, turn away, turn out, view with disfavor, waive, ward off, wipe out
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