preclude
/pɹɪˈkluːd/ verb C2- To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible. · It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!
He/she/it precludes · Past precluded · Past participle precluded · -ing form precluding
Verb forms
- Base form
- preclude
- He/she/it
- precludes
- Past
- precluded
- Past participle
- precluded
- -ing form
- precluding
From the library
Well, the poison brings on a cough, the cough an inflammation of the lungs, or some other complaint catalogued in the book of science, which, however, by no means precludes it from being decidedly mortal; and if it were not, would be sure to become so, thanks to the remedies applied by foolish doctors, who are generally bad chemists, and which will act in favor of or against the malady, as you please; and then there is a human being killed according to all the rules of art and skill, and of whom justice learns nothing, as was said by a terrible chemist of my acquaintance, the worthy Abbé Adelmonte of Taormina, in Sicily, who has studied these national phenomena very profoundly.”
“This communication,” continued the procureur, in that cold and decisive tone which seemed at once to preclude all discussion, “will, we are sure, meet with your approbation.”
Traveling with a woman and an infant conveyed a profound message of amity, effectively precluding misunderstandings that might have otherwise hindered the progress of the expedition.
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