preclude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preclude	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preclude v keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" Synonym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid make impossible, especially beforehand Synonym(s): preclude, rule out, close out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preclude \Preclude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Precluding}.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae before + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v.] 1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede. The valves preclude* the blood from entering the veins. --E. Darwin. 2. To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation. This much will obviate and preclude the objections. --Bentley.