exclude
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (5)
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted“The bad results were excluded from the report”“Leave off the top piece”Synonyms: exceptleave outleave offomittake out
- prevent from entering; shut out“The trees were shutting out all sunlight”“This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country”Synonyms: keep outshut outshut
- lack or fail to include“The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages”
- prevent from entering; keep out“He was barred from membership in the club”Synonyms: bardebar
- put out or expel from a place“The unruly student was excluded from the game”Synonyms: ejectchuck outturf outboot outturn out
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
And none but such, from mercy I exclude.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. [1913 Webster]
Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction. [1913 Webster]