Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-CLU'SIVE, a.

1. Having the power of preventing entrance; as, exclusive bars. Milton.
2. Debarring from participation; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, an exclusive privilege.
3. Not taking into the account; not including or comprehending; as, the general had five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery and cavalry. He sent me all the numbers from 78 to 94 exclusive; that is, all the numbers between 78 and 94, but these numbers, the first and the last, are excepted or not included.