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forclose

forclose is the alternative form of foreclose.

Meaning of foreclose

Verb

foreclose (third-person singular simple present forecloses, present participle foreclosing, simple past and past participle foreclosed)

  1. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
    • They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
  2. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
  3. (transitive, originally) To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.
    • The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    stop, prevent, bar, exclude

Forms of forclose

third-person singular presentforcloses
present participleforclosing
past participleforclosed
pastforclosed

Questions about forclose

What is forclose the alternative form of?
Forclose is the alternative form of foreclose.

Words near forclose in the dictionary

  1. forcipulatids
  2. forcipule
  3. forcipules
  4. forcite
  5. forcleave
  6. forclose
  7. forclosed
  8. forcloses
  9. forclosing
  10. forclosure
  11. forclosures

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