Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SE-CLUDE, v.t. [L. secludo; se and claudo, cludo, to shut.]

1. To separate, as from company or society, and usually to keep apart for some length of time, or to confine in a separate state; as, persons in low spirits seclude themselves from society. Let eastern tyrants from the light of heav'n / Seclude their bosom slaves. – Thomson.
2. To shut out; to prevent from entering; to preclude. Inclose your tender plants in your conservatory, secluding all entrance of cold. – Evelyn.