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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Recluse

/(rē̇*klūs")/ · Re·cluse · IPA /ɹɪˈkluːs/
01 a. Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life
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    Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life
    “In meditation deep, recluse From human converse.” — J. Philips.
02 n. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who…
  1. 1.
    A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
  2. 2.
    The place where a recluse dwells.[Obs.]
03 v. t. To shut up; to seclude.
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    To shut up; to seclude.[Obs.]