Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preclude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preclude \Pre*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Precluded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Precluding}.] [L. praecludere, praeclusum; prae
before + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v.]
1. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to
stop; to impede.
The valves preclude the blood from entering the
veins. --E. Darwin.
2. 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.
--Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preclude
v 1: keep from happening of arising; have the effect of
preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
[syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose}, {forbid}]
2: make impossible, esp. beforehand [syn: {rule out}, {close
out}]
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