disclude

English

Etymology

From Middle English discluden, from Latin disclūdō, disclūdere (“separate or keep apart”).

Verb

disclude (third-person singular simple present discludes, present participle discluding, simple past and past participle discluded) (transitive)

1. (now nonstandard)
   1. To disclose, make known.
   2. To separate, keep apart.
      • 1586, Iohn Prime, chapter VI, in An Exposition, and Observations vpon Saint Paul to the Galathians, Togither with Incident Quæstions Debated, and Motiues Remoued, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph Barnes, […], page 300:

        If it ſeeme that by the waters, I muſt helpe euen ſtrangers that neede my help, that are far off and diſcluded by the Sea, then I reaſon; […]

      • 1615, Helkiah Crooke, “Quest[ion] II. Whether the Principall faculties haue distinct places in the Braine.”, in “A Dilucidation or Exposition of the Controuersies concerning the Braine and the Parts thereof”, in Μικροκοσμογραφια: A Description of the Body of Man. Together with the Controuersies Thereto Belonging. Collected and Translated out of All the Best Authors of Anatomy, […], London: […] William Iaggard […], page 504:

        Thirdly, that theſe principall faculties are diſcluded or ſeparated by their manſions theſe things doe demonſtrate; […]

      • 1654, Andrew Logie, “The Second Quære”, in Cum Bono Deo. A Remonstrance to the Godly Party. […], [Aberdeen], published 1661, page 23:

        Then what man can prove ſo impudent, and dare make ſo bold, as to ſeclude and diſclude whom God admits?

   3. To exclude, not include; to remove from inclusion.

      Please disclude me from further discussions on this topic.

      • 1700, J[ohn] S[ergeant], “Of the Immateriality, and, consequently, the Immortality of Man’s Soul”, in Transnatural Philosophy, or Metaphysicks: Demonstrating the Essences and Operations of All Beings Whatever, Which Gives the Principles to All Other Sciences. […], London: […] [T]he Author, Sold by D. Brown […], Abel Roper […], and Tho. Metcalf […], book I (Of the Essences of Compound Entities), section 26 (Note I), page 180:

        Whence ſome conceit, that theſe reſult, as it were, from that Diviſion; only they change their Office, and are become Terminative now, whereas they were before Continuative; and that they were potentially in that Former Whole before, and are only of late Diſcluded.

      • 1821, chapter II, in Memoirs of a Man of Fashion. […], volume III, London: […] B. Clarke, […] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], pages 28–29:

        Here, however, he was called to order by the cove; and by little Joey, a post-boy, nicknamed the lady’s fancy, who both joined in reminding him, as political percussions was discluded from the club, and only tendered to disturb the peace of the society, vitch makes bad blood.

      • 2004, B. Slater, J.D. Gale, C.R.A. Catlow, T. Ohsuna, O. Terasaki, “Surface Structure Determination of Zeolites”, in E. van Steen, L.H. Callanan, M. Claeys, editors, Recent Advances in the Science and Technology of Zeolites and Related Materials (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis; 154), Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 1201:

        Under reaction conditions, and in the absence of information on the nature of the free-energy barriers of activation for the reactions we cannot disclude the possibility that both reactions occur, however there is and^[sic] indication that if the intermediate structure is formed, it is short-lived, indeed kinetically unstable with respect to the formation of the D4R terminated structure.

2. (dentistry) To cause (teeth) to not meet when the jaw is closed.
   • 1969, Gordon J. Christensen, Harry C. Lundeen, “Restorative Dentistry in General Practice”, in Alvin L[eonard] Morris, Harry M. Bohannan, editors, The Dental Specialities in General Practice, Philadelphia, Pa.; […]: W. B. Saunders Company, →ISBN, page 560:

     During the eccentric movements, the cellophane strip readily pulls out as the anterior teeth disclude the posterior teeth.

   • 1978, Parker E. Mahan, “Stomatognathic physiology related to crown and fixed partial prosthodontic therapy”, in Stanley D[aniel] Tylman, William F. P. Malone, editors, Tylman’s Theory and Practice of Fixed Prosthodontics, 7th edition, St. Louis, Mo.: The C. V. Mosby Company, →ISBN, page 397, column 1:

     Cuspid protected occlusion is that type of occlusal function in which there are even centric stops around the arch in the maximum intercuspation position but any lateral or protrusive movement of the mandible immediately discludes the posterior teeth, with the lower cuspid occluding against the lingual surface of the upper cuspid.

   • 1982, Martin D. Gross with James Dewe Mathews, “Occlusal considerations in multiple restorations”, in Occlusion in Restorative Dentistry: Technique and Theory, Edinburgh; […]: Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, page 124, column 2:

     The working guidance should immediately disclude the teeth on the non-working side and should be in harmony with the condylar guidance.

   • 2003, David Richardson, David Carl Jones, “Secondary Osteotomies and Bone Grafting”, in Peter Ward Booth, Barry L Eppley, Rainer Schmelzeisen, editors, Maxillofacial Trauma and Esthetic Facial Reconstruction, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, published 2004, →ISBN, section 3 (Secondary Surgery), page 476, column 2:

     It may be difficult to see obvious fracture mobility in this situation by standard clinical examination but careful inspection of the fracture site whilst occluding and discluding the teeth may demonstrate movement.

Related terms

• disclusion
• exclude
• include
• preclude
• disclose

Latin

Verb

disclūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of disclūdō