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Grammar : Verb
Spell : si-klood
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈklud

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Définition of seclude

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to shut up, enclose, confine," from Latin secludere "shut off, confine," from se- "apart" (see secret) + -cludere, variant of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). Meaning "to remove or guard from public view" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Secluded; secluding.
  • verb isolate, hide
Example sentences :
  • It was at this time that Pascal and Clotilde ceased to seclude themselves.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • It was not to be expected that the Whartons should seclude themselves because of her grief.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • He embraced him, told him where he meant to seclude himself, and left the house.
  • Extract from : « Popular Tales » by Madame Guizot
  • Some nationalities are almost Oriental in the way they seclude their women.
  • Extract from : « The Old World in the New » by Edward Alsworth Ross
  • I readily consented to seclude myself from Wieland's presence.
  • Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Things have come to such a pass that, in fact, is advisable to seclude you here.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleeper Wakes » by Herbert George Wells
  • It was manifestly true that he had no right to seclude her in that fashion.
  • Extract from : « Ayala's Angel » by Anthony Trollope
  • In 1696 he had found it necessary to divorce her, and seclude her in a convent.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. » by Arthur Mee
  • No one complains if they seclude themselves at certain hours.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Isle » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • This is merely an iron pot, with a close fitting flange lid so as to seclude all dust and ashes, and we used it in this way.
  • Extract from : « Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper » by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

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