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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recluse  \Re*cluse"\,  a.  [L.  reclus,  L.  reclusus  from  recludere 
  reclusum  to  unclose,  open  in  LL.,  to  shut  up  See  {Close}.] 
  Shut  up  sequestered;  retired  from  the  world  or  from  public 
  notice;  solitary;  living  apart;  as  a  recluse  monk  or  hermit; 
  a  recluse  life 
 
  In  meditation  deep,  recluse  From  human  converse.  --J. 
  Philips. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recluse  \Re*cluse"\,  n.  [F.  reclus,  LL  reclusus  See  {Recluse}, 
  a.] 
  1.  A  person  who  lives  in  seclusion  from  intercourse  with  the 
  world,  as  a  hermit  or  monk;  specifically,  one  of  a  class 
  of  secluded  devotees  who  live  in  single  cells;  usually 
  attached  to  monasteries. 
 
  2.  The  place  where  a  recluse  dwells.  [Obs.]  --Foxe. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recluse  \Re*cluse"\,  v.  t. 
  To  shut;  to  seclude.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recluse 
  adj  :  withdrawn  from  society;  seeking  solitude;  "lived  an  unsocial 
  reclusive  life"  [syn:  {reclusive},  {withdrawn}] 
  n  :  one  who  lives  in  solitude  [syn:  {hermit},  {troglodyte}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Recluse,  WY 
  Zip  code(s):  82725 




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