Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
se·clude
\\si-ˈklüd\\ transitive verb
(se·clud·ed ; se·clud·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, to cut off (from), from Latin secludere to separate, seclude, from se- apart + claudere to close — more at secede
, close
DATE circa 1533
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
seclude
1451, "to shut up, enclose, confine," from L. 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 1628. Secluded, in ref. to places, is from 1798.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
seclude
se·clude / si5klu:d / verb [VN]
~ yourself / sb (from sb / sth) (formal) to keep yourself / sb away from contact with other people
(使)与…隔离,与…隔绝;(使)隐居,独处
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
se·clude
\sə̇ˈklüd, sēˈ-\
transitive verb
(
-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English
secluden to keep away, forbid to enter, from Latin
secludere to confine, separate, seclude, from
sed-, se- apart (from
sed, se without) +
-cludere (from
claudere to shut, close) — more at
idiot
,
close
1.
a. : to shut up apart
: confine in a place hard to reach or enter
: make inaccessible
: secrete
,
hide
b. : to remove or separate (oneself or another) from intercourse or outside influence
: withdraw into solitude
: isolate
< was accused … of an intention to seclude himself in magnificent isolation — Robert Grant †1940 >2. obsolete
a. : to exclude or debar from a privilege, rank, or dignity
: expel or bar from a membership or office
< 22 of the old secluded members having been at the House door the last week to demand entrance — Samuel Pepys >
b. : to exclude from consideration
c. : to keep out from a place or society
3. : to shut off
: protect
,
screen
< a secluded spot frequented by those interested in fishing and tramping — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >4. obsolete : to separate by or as if by a barrier
: keep apart or distinct
< nothing but clergy could us two seclude — Andrew Marvell >