From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seclude \Se*clude\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, verb (used with an object)]
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}, adverb -- {Se*clud"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: {sequester}, {sequestrate}, {withdraw}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "seclude": bolt, cloister, closet, confine, cop out, cordon, cordon off, cull out, divide, enclose, forsake the world, ghettoize, gin, go into retirement, immure, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lay aside, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, pick out, put aside, quarantine, remain incommunicado, retire, riddle, rope off, rusticate, screen, seal off, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shut off, sieve, sift, sort out, stay at home, take the veil, thrash, thresh, winnow, withdraw
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