se clude

t. [Latin secludo, from se- =apart, and claudo =to shut.] 1. To shut up apart or away from society company; to keep apart or alone for some length of time; to withdraw into solitude. 2. To shut out; to keep out; to prevent from entering; to exclude, to preclude. "Enclose your tender plants in your conservatory, secluding all entrance of cold."- Evelyn Kalendar . sě-clûd-ěd, a . [SECLUDE.) Keptor withdrawn apart from others; living in retirement; retired; away from public notice; as, a secluded spot, a secluded life. sẽ-clûd-ědly, adv. [Eng. secluded; -ly.] In a secluded or retired manner; in retirement.