fore|close

fore|close
fore|close «fr KLOHZ, fohr-», verb, -closed, -clos|ing.
–v.t.
1. to shut out; prevent; exclude: »

to foreclose objections. The club voted to foreclose further discussion of the subject.

SYNONYM(S): bar.
2. a) to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage). b) to take away the right of (a mortgager) to redeem his property.
–v.i.
to take away the right to redeem a mortgage: »

When the conditions of the mortgage were not met, the holder of the mortgage foreclosed and took possession of the house.

[< Old French forclos, past participle of forclore exclude < for- out (< Latin forīs out; influenced by Germanic fora- before) + clore shut < Latin claudere]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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