1. foreclose(v = verb.social) forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. foreclose(v = verb.possession) Array - subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage; Array
is one way to reclaim, repossess
Derived form noun foreclosure1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. [1913 Webster]
"The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade." [1913 Webster]
foreclose, v.tr.
1 (also absol.; foll. by on) stop (a mortgage) from being redeemable or (a mortgager) from redeeming, esp. as a result of defaults in payment.
2 exclude, prevent.
3 shut out; bar.
Derivative:
foreclosure n.
Etymology:
ME f. OF forclos past part. of forclore f. for- out f. L foras + CLOSE(2)
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