excludes

verb

(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.

(transitive) To omit from consideration.

(transitive) To expel; to put out.

(transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.

(transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Roots

claudereclud- · Latin · to close, shut

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Where does excludes come from?

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