What does reclude mean?
Reclude means (transitive, obsolete) To open; to unblock..
Reclude
/ɹɪˈkluːd/ · verb
Meaning
(transitive, obsolete) To open; to unblock..
Definitions by Sense
- (transitive, obsolete) To open; to unblock.
- (transitive or reflexive) To close off, to confine.
- (transitive or reflexive) To seclude, cut off from the community, the world etc.
Example Sentences
And, surely, no woman who knows that of herself can be rightly censured for not recluding herself from the world: it is only women without the power to love who have no right to provoke men's love.
Synonyms for reclude
Antonyms for reclude
Related Words
Word Forms
- recludes
- recluding
- recluded
Usage Notes
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How do you use reclude in a sentence?
And, surely, no woman who knows that of herself can be rightly censured for not recluding herself from the world: it is only women without the power to love who have no right to provoke men's love.
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