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secluded |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seclude \Se*clude\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr & vb n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 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}, adv -- {Se*clud"ed*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: secluded adj 1: hidden from general view or use "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" [syn: {privy}, {secret}] 2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; 'a secluded romantic spot" [syn: {cloistered}, {reclusive}, {sequestered}]
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