Recludes vs Precludes - What's the difference?
recludes | precludes |
(reclude)
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(archaic) To open again; to reopen.
To include once again something that was excluded (a variation of "reinclude").
(preclude)
Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
* {{quote-web
, date = 2013-08-09
, author = Douglas Main
, title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation
, site = livescience
, url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html
, accessdate = 2013-09-30
}}
As verbs the difference between recludes and precludes
is that recludes is (reclude) while precludes is (preclude).recludes
English
Verb
(head)reclude
English
Verb
- Please reclude me in future discussions.
precludes
English
Verb
(head)preclude
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(preclud)- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.