Secluding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seclude \Se*clude\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside +
     claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.]
     1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place
        in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with
        others.


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              Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
              Seclude their bosom slaves.           --Thomson.
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     2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Se*clud"ed*ly}, adv. --
        {Se*clud"ed*ness}, n.
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