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seclude

transitive verb se·clude \si-ˈklüd\

: to keep (someone) away from other people

se·clud·edse·clud·ing

Full Definition of SECLUDE

1
obsolete :  to exclude from a privilege, rank, or dignity :  debar
2
:  to remove or separate from intercourse or outside influence :  isolate
3
:  shut off, screen
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Origin of SECLUDE

Middle English, to cut off (from), from Latin secludere to separate, seclude, from se- apart + claudere to close — more at secede, close
First Known Use: circa 1533

Related to SECLUDE

Synonyms
cut off, insulate, isolate, segregate, separate, sequester
Antonyms
desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

Rhymes with SECLUDE

allude, blood feud, collude, conclude, delude, denude, elude, exclude, extrude, exude, fast-food, health food, include, intrude, junk food, obtrude, occlude, plant food, postlude, preclude, prelude, protrude, quaalude, seafood, subdued, transude, unglued

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