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exclude

ex.clude \iks-'klu:d\ vt [ME excluden, fr. L excludere, fr. ex- + claudere 
   to cl]ose 1a: to shut out  1b: to bar from participation, consideration, or 
   inclusion  2: to put out eeping out what is already outside; DEBAR implies 
   setting up a barrier that is effectual in excluding a person or class from 
   what is open or accessible to others; ELIMINATE implies the getting rid of 
   what is already within esp. as a constituent part or element; SUSPEND 
   implies temporary and commonly disciplinary removal from membership in a 
   school or organization - ex.clud.er n SYN syn DEBAR, ELIMINATE, SUSPEND: 
   EXCLUDE implies k