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preclude
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[prɪˈkluːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- prevent from happening; make impossible
(e.g: the secret nature of his work precluded official recognition)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘bar a route or passage’): from Latin praecludere, from prae ‘before’ + claudere ‘to shut’
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