reclure
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]reclure (defective) (past participle reclus)
- to withdraw into a place, so as to have no contact with others
- 1875, Louis-Claude Pavy, Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy, chapter 5, in https://ia801309.us.archive.org/23/items/lesrecluseries00pavy/lesrecluseries00pavy.pdf, pages 99-100:
- Ceux qui seront reclus pour un temps n’auront point voix active au chapitre; et ceux qui se feront reclure à toujours n’auront ni voix active, ni voix passive.
- Those who will be reclusive for a time will not have an active voice in the chapter; & those who will cloister themselves forever will have neither an active, nor a passive voice.
Usage notes
[edit]- Only used in the infinitive & the past participle.
References
[edit]- “reclure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.