3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. [1913 Webster] The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. [1913 Webster] {To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. {To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: foreclose v 1: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {preclude}, {forbid}] 2: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 36 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreclose": anticipate, avert, bar, cut off, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, disendow, dishearten, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, estop, evict, exclude, expropriate, fend, fend off, forbid, forestall, help, keep from, keep off, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save, stave off, turn aside, ward off
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