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/prɪklˈud/ /priklˈud/ Listen

verb

Preclude v. t. (past & past part. precluded; pres. part. precluding)

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede. "The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins."

To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation. "This much will obviate and preclude the objections."

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Etymology of 'Preclude'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... means of escape, his public nature prevailed, and he saw that it was his duty to confront the woman, and strike a blow at, the national evil stalking beside him. But he was in a difficulty, for his natural delicacy towards women seemed to preclude him from treating her as if she were what she evidently was, while his sense of duty—urged him with ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... had been hired by the Adams airline as a mechanic because of my experience in repairing the corrugated skin of the Ford Trimotor owned by my employer, the Knowles Flying Service. The mere fact that I did many repairs to the airframe did not preclude me from getting my share of the engine work too, and since I was already familiar with the Packard diesel, I was ...

— The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 • Robert B. Meyer

... uses many different sources to publish what we judge are the most reliable and consistent data for any particular category. Space considerations preclude a listing of these ...

— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... wrists, elbows and chest, and the others made tighter. I perceived Chanden Sing led forward, and then, instead of taking me before the Lamas, they pushed me to the rear of the solitary mud-house to preclude my witnessing the scene that followed. I heard Chanden Sing being interrogated in a loud angry tone of voice, and accused of having been my guide. Next I heard wild shouts from the crowd, then a dead silence. ...

— In the Forbidden Land • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... I think of sinking this engine in the earth alone, binding it with hoops of wrought iron, and finally surrounding it with a thick mass of masonry of stone and cement. The piece once cast, it must be bored with great precision, so as to preclude any possible windage. So there will be no loss whatever of gas, and all the expansive force of the powder will be employed ...

— Jules Verne's Classic Books • Jules Verne

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