seclude

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: se=clude

CIDE DICTIONARY

seclude, v. t. [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.].

•  To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
  Seclude their bosom slaves."  [1913 Webster]
•  To shut or keep out; to exclude.  Evelyn.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

seclude, v.tr. (also refl.)
1 keep (a person or place) retired or away from company.
2 (esp. as secluded adj.) hide or screen from view.

Etymology

ME f. L secludere seclus- (as SE-, claudere shut)

THESAURUS

seclude

bolt, cloister, closet, confine, cop out, cordon, cordon off, cull out, divide, enclose, forsake the world, ghettoize, gin, go into retirement, immure, insulate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lay aside, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, pick out, put aside, quarantine, remain incommunicado, retire, riddle, rope off, rusticate, screen, seal off, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shut off, sieve, sift, sort out, stay at home, take the veil, thrash, thresh, winnow, withdraw