Se·clude v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.]
  1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
  Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
  Seclude their bosom slaves.   --Thomson.
  2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.]
  -- Se*clud*ed*ly, adv. -- Se*clud*ed*ness, n.
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  secluded
       adj 1: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and
              think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
              [syn: privy, secret]
       2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic
          world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered
          pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade
          tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" [syn: cloistered, reclusive,
           sequestered]