01 v. t. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to a…
imp. & p. p.
Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excluding
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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.“And none but such, from mercy I exclude.” — Milton.
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2.
To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
Phrases & compounds
Excluded middle —
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.