Seclude
[sɪ'kluːd] or [sɪ'klud]
Definition
(verb.) keep away from others; 'He sequestered himself in his study to write a book'.
Typist: Mag--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
(v. t.) To shut or keep out; to exclude.
Inputed by Elliot
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Separate (from society), keep apart.
Typed by Essie
Definition
v.i. to shut apart: to keep apart.—adj. Sēclud′ed retired: withdrawn from observation.—adv. Sēclud′edly.—ns. Sēclu′sion the act of secluding: a shutting out: the state of being secluded or apart: separation: retirement: privacy: solitude; Sēclu′sionist.—adj. Sēclu′sive.
Edited by Davy
Examples
- I told my guardian all about it, and why I felt it was necessary that I should seclude myself, and my reason for not seeing my darling above all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Do I seclude myself from all human society? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was, as Lord Charles said, ridiculous, in a man of Worcester's high rank, to seclude himself quite like a hermit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The van der Luydens were morbidly sensitive to any criticism of their secluded existence. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic; and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He secluded himself as much as the duties of his station permitted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How quiet and secluded we feel here! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Bagnet hurried us into a more secluded place and was at first too breathless to proceed, occasioning Mr. Bagnet to say, Old girl! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That secluded sister is my first remembrance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Tabitha