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EXCLUDING
Verb
excluding
present participle of exclude
Preposition
excluding
to the exclusion of; not including
Synonyms
• barring, except for, save for; see also except
Source: Wiktionary
EXCLUDE
Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] Etym: [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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