Ex-clūde', v. t.

(30), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCLUDED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCLUDING.] [Lat. excludere, from ex, out, and claudere, to shut; It. escludere, Sp. excluir, Fr. exclure, Pr. exclure.] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude an immoral man from a church; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a tax-payer from the privilege of voting. None but such from mercy I exclude. Milton. 2. To thrust out or eject; to preclude; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.