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seclude

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se·clude  (s-kld)
tr.v. se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing, se·cludes
1. To set or keep apart, as from social contact with others. See Synonyms at isolate.
2. To screen from view; make private.

[Middle English secluden, to shut off, from Latin scldere : s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + claudere, to shut.]

seclude [sɪˈkluːd]
vb (tr)
1. to remove from contact with others
2. to shut off or screen from view
[from Latin sēclūdere to shut off, from sē- + claudere to imprison]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.seclude - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
Translations
seclude
vtabsondern


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In all this the leading object we had in view was to seclude ourselves from sight until the departure of the vessel; then to take our chance as to the reception the Nukuheva natives might give us; and after remaining upon the island as long as we found our stay agreeable, to leave it the first favourable opportunity that offered.
They were to seclude themselves in the extensive apartments occupied by Aylmer as a laboratory, and where, during his toilsome youth, he had made discoveries in the elemental powers of Nature that had roused the admiration of all the learned societies in Europe.
I told my guardian all about it, and why I felt it was necessary that I should seclude myself, and my reason for not seeing my darling above all.
 
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