Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, obsolete)To shut; to seclude.

Origin

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

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Forms

recluses, reclusing, reclused, reclused

regular · Lesson

Base formrecluse · to recluse
3rd person singularrecluses
Present participlereclusing
Past simplereclused
Past participlereclused

Tenses

recluse · reclused · will recluse · have reclused

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecluse
he, she, itrecluses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reclused
he, she, ithas reclused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recluse

Past simpleLesson

all personsreclused

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reclassifyreclinereclinerreclusiveC2recognisableC1recognitionB2recognizableC1

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