seclude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb keep away from others
    sequester; withdraw; sequestrate.
    • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

WordNet

Se*clude transitive verb
Etymology
L. secludere, seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Secluded; present participle & verbal noun Secluding
Definitions
  1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
    Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. Thomson.
  2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. Obs. Evelyn. -- Se*clud"ed*ly, adv. -- Se*clud"ed*ness, n.

Webster 1913