exclude

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=clude
• COUNT in NET: 4 in 4 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

exclude, v. t. [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.].

•  To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.  [1913 Webster]

  "And none but such, from mercy I exclude."  [1913 Webster]
•  To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.  [1913 Webster]

Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the “three logical axioms,” so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: “Everything is either A or Not-A.” no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

exclude, v.tr.
1 shut or keep out (a person or thing) from a place, group, privilege, etc.
2 expel and shut out.
3 remove from consideration (no theory can be excluded).
4 prevent the occurrence of; make impossible (excluded all doubt).

Idiom

excluded middle Logic the principle that of two contradictory propositions one must be true.

Derivative

excludable adj. excluder n.

Etymology

ME f. L excludere exclus- (as EX-(1), claudere shut)

THESAURUS

exclude

abjure, abscind, amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, banish, bar, bar out, bate, blackball, blockade, bob, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cast, cast out, categorically reject, chuck, chuck out, clip, contemn, contradict, count out, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, decline, defenestrate, deflect, deny, deport, despise, deter, detrude, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, discourage, disdain, disfavor, disfellowship, dishearten, dismiss, disown, disregard, dissent from, dock, eject, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, estop, evict, except, excise, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extinguish, extirpate, extradite, extrude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, forswear, freeze out, frown at, frown down, frown upon, fugitate, get rid of, give the hook, grimace at, heave out, help, ignore, inhibit, interdict, isolate, jettison, junk, keep away, keep from, keep off, keep out, kick downstairs, kick out, knock off, leave out, lock out, look askance at, look black upon, lop, mutilate, nip, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, obtrude, obviate, omit, oppose, ostracize, oust, outlaw, pare, pass by, pass over, pass up, peel, pick out, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, prune, push aside, put out, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, relegate, remove, renounce, repel, repress, repudiate, repulse, root out, rule, rule out, rusticate, save, say no to, scout, send away, send down, send to Coventry, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shove away, shut out, snub, spurn, stamp out, stave off, strike off, strip, strip off, suppress, taboo, take exception to, take off, take out, think ill of, think little of, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, thrust out, thumb down, toss out, transport, truncate, turn aside, turn away, turn out, view with disfavor, waive, ward off, wipe out

ROGET THESAURUS

exclude

Rejection

VB reject, set aside, lay aside, give up, decline, exclude, except, pluck, spin, cast, repudiate, scout, set at naught, fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away, send to the right about, disclaim, discard.

Simpleness

VB render simple, simplify, sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate, exclude, get rid of, clear, purify, disentangle.

Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople, be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

Prohibition

VB prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns.