English Dictionary: exclude | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exclude \Ex*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excluding}.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See {Close}.] 1. 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. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton. 2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. {Excluded middle}. (logic) The name given to the third of the [bd]three logical axioms,[b8] so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: [bd]Everything is either A or Not-A.[b8] no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See {Principle of contradiction}, under {Contradiction}. |