v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding. ] [ L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close. ] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. [ 1913 Webster ]

And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the “three logical axioms, ” so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: “Everything is either A or Not-A.” no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude. ] 1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ Cf. F. exclusif. ] 1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being exclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism. [ 1913 Webster ]

The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]