Associations to the word «Preclude»

Wiktionary

PRECLUDE, verb. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

Dictionary definition

PRECLUDE, verb. Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project".
PRECLUDE, verb. Make impossible, especially beforehand.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope