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Milton.

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

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Ex*clu"sion (?), n. [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.] 1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.

His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss.

Milton.

The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland.

Hume.

2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.

Ex*clu"sion*a*ry (?), a. Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.

Ex*clu"sion*ism (?), n. The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.

Ex*clu"sion*ist, n. One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti- popish politicians of the time of Charles II.

Ex*clu"sive (?) a. [Cf. F. exclusif.] 1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

Ex*clu"sive, n. One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.

Ex*clu"sive*ness, n. Quality of being exclusive.

Ex*clu"siv*ism (?), n. The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

Ex*clu"siv*ist, n. One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism.

The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory.

Gladstone.

Ex*clu"so*ry (?), a. [L. exclusorius.] Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.

Ex*coct" (?) v. t. [L. excoctus, p. p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d Cook.] To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ex*coc"tion (?). [L. excoctio.] The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ex*cog"i*tate (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated (#); p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling.

This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory.

Whewell.