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Rule out
Answer for the clue "Rule out ", 7 letters:
exclude
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: except , leave out , leave off , omit , take out ] [ant: include ] prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Latin excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded ; excluding .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out. 2 To expel; to put out. 3 (context legal of evidence English) To refuse to accept as valid. 4 (context medicine English) To eliminate from diagnosis consideration.
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