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disclude

disclude verb: to disclose, make known.

Verb

disclude (third-person singular simple present discludes, present participle discluding, simple past and past participle discluded)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To disclose, make known.
  2. (nonstandard, transitive) To separate, keep apart.
    • If it ſeeme that by the waters, I muſt helpe euen ſtrangers that neede my help, that are far off and diſcluded by the Sea, then I reaſon; […]1586, Iohn Prime, chapter VI, in An Exposition, and Observations vpon Saint Paul to the Galathians, Togither with Incident Quæstions Debated, and Motiues Remoued, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph...
    • Thirdly, that theſe principall faculties are diſcluded or ſeparated by their manſions theſe things doe demonſtrate; […]1615, Helkiah Crooke, “Quest[ion] II. Whether the Principall faculties haue distinct places in the Braine.”, in “A Dilucidation or Exposition of the Controuersies concerning the Braine and the Parts...
  3. (nonstandard, transitive) To exclude, not include; to remove from inclusion.
    • Please disclude me from further discussions on this topic.
    • Whence ſome conceit, that theſe reſult, as it were, from that Diviſion; only they change their Office, and are become Terminative now, whereas they were before Continuative; and that they were potentially in that Former Whole before, and are only of late Diſcluded.1700, J[ohn] S[ergeant], “Of the Immateriality, and, consequently, the Immortality of Man’s Soul”, in Transnatural Philosophy, or Metaphysicks: Demonstrating the Essences and Operations of All Beings...
  4. (transitive) To cause (teeth) to not meet when the jaw is closed.
    • During the eccentric movements, the cellophane strip readily pulls out as the anterior teeth disclude the posterior teeth.1969, Gordon J. Christensen, Harry C. Lundeen, “Restorative Dentistry in General Practice”, in Alvin L[eonard] Morris, Harry M. Bohannan, editors, The Dental Specialities in General Practice...
    • Cuspid protected occlusion is that type of occlusal function in which there are even centric stops around the arch in the maximum intercuspation position but any lateral or protrusive movement of the mandible immediately discludes the posterior teeth, with the lower cuspid occluding against the...1978, Parker E. Mahan, “Stomatognathic physiology related to crown and fixed partial prosthodontic therapy”, in Stanley D[aniel] Tylman, William F. P. Malone, editors, Tylman’s Theory and Practice of...

Examples of disclude in a sentence

  • Then what man can prove ſo impudent, and dare make ſo bold, as to ſeclude and diſclude whom God admits?1654, Andrew Logie, “The Second Quære”, in Cum Bono Deo. A Remonstrance to the Godly Party. […], [Aberdeen], published 1661, page 23:
  • The working guidance should immediately disclude the teeth on the non-working side and should be in harmony with the condylar guidance.1982, Martin D. Gross with James Dewe Mathews, “Occlusal considerations in multiple restorations”, in Occlusion in Restorative Dentistry...

Synonyms of disclude

Forms of disclude

third-person singular presentdiscludes
present participlediscluding
past participlediscluded
pastdiscluded

Origin of disclude

From Middle English discluden, from Latin disclūdō, disclūdere (“separate or keep apart”).

Questions about disclude

What does disclude mean?
Disclude means to disclose, make known.
How do you use disclude in a sentence?
Then what man can prove ſo impudent, and dare make ſo bold, as to ſeclude and diſclude whom God admits?
What part of speech is disclude?
Disclude is a verb.
What is the past tense of disclude?
The past tense of disclude is discluded.

Words near disclude in the dictionary

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