Word Finder - preclude

definition

Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

example

It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!

We will preclude it from consideration.

Their secret opinion of one another didn't preclude them from being mutually polite.

The listing of a book does not preclude its being reviewed at a later stage.

This law will preclude the existence of higher rights.

This will preclude working alone, especially in laboratory situations.

The scantiness of political information and the distinctive arrangement of material preclude the attempt to trace the relative position of the two rivals.

These works preclude all danger of future inundation.

The decision could preclude such ominous possibilities.

But such an interpretation of the Virgilian passage is by no means absolutely necessary; the terms used do not preclude a reference to a contemporary no longer alive.

After the Imperial Diet of Spires in 1526 had decreed that all states of the empire should observe the Edict of Worms (1521), banning Luther and his adherents, in such a manner that they should not be afraid to answer it before God and the emperor, the reform movement had received such an access of strength that the Catholic party felt itself menaced in earnest, and in 1529 again passed a resolution at Spires, deigned not merely to preclude any further expansion of the Reformation, but even to prevent it from maintaining the ground already won.

The dome has a small aperture in the top which remains open to preclude accumulation of pressure.

Their initial expense and the high cost of working preclude their general use, and they are consequently reserved to a great extent for specially heavy constructional work and ornamental finishing joinery.

The faction leaders of the Left, though divided by personal jealousies and mutually incompatible ambitions, agreed that the worst evil which could befall Italy would be the return of the Right to power, and conspired to preclude the possibility of a Sella cabinet.

After being proclaimed on the field of Kossovo, Bayezid's first care was to order the execution of his brother Yakub Chelebi, and so to preclude any repetition of Bayezkl 1389-4403.3., Sauji's plot.

There is nothing in the matter or the style of the Historia to preclude us from supposing that Geoffrey drew partly upon confused traditions, partly on his own powers of invention, and to a very slight degree upon the accepted authorities for early British history.

The substructure consists of (a) the piers and end piers or abutments, the former sustaining a vertical load, and the latter having to resist, in addition, the oblique thrust of an arch, the pull of a suspension chain, or the thrust of an embankment; and (b) the foundations below the ground level, which are often difficult and costly parts of the structure, because the position of a'bridge may be fixed by considerations which preclude the selection of a site naturally adapted for carrying a heavy structure.

This does not, however, preclude in any way the supposition that they-equally with certain other Haemosporidia-represent, nevertheless, only a phase of a complete life-cycle; and this supposition has in fact been definitely proved to be true by the work of Rogers (48).

His activity as a jurist in Rome must fall within the period of Commodus; for there is no indication in his writings that he was in Rome in the time of Marcus Aurelius, and many passages seem to preclude the supposition.

The movements of a ship entirely preclude the employment of any instrument in which a magnet suspended by a fibre has any part, so that the unifilar is unsuited for such observations.

This conservative opinion does not preclude the possibility, or even probability, that written accounts of the Vinland voyages existed before this date.

No failure on the part of a party to exercise, no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege under this Agreement.

That this defect was serious was dimly apprehended even by those who frequented and admired the lectures of the earlier sophists; that it was fatal was clearly seen by Socrates, who, himself commonly regarded as a sophist, emphatically reprehended, not only the taking of fees, which was after all a mere incident, objectionable because it seemed to preclude independence of thought, but also the fundamental disregard of truth which infected every part and every phase of sophistical teaching.

Hence Christianity is the absolute religion, because it does not preclude development but necessitates it, so that the Christianity that is to come shall not only retain all that is important in the Christianity of the past and present but shall assimilate new truth.

As regards this latter, purely exoteric, doctrine, there can be little doubt of its owing its origin to considerations of theological expediency, as being calculated to supply a sufficiently wide formula of belief for general acceptance; and the very fact of this divine triad including the two principal deities of the later sectarian worship, Vishnu and Siva, goes far to show that these two gods at all events must have been already in those early days favourite objects of popular adoration to an extent sufficient to preclude their being ignored by a diplomatic priesthood bent upon the formulation of a common creed.

The great series of German thinkers, Lessing, Herder, Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Schleiermacher and their 1 This does not, of course, preclude the possibility of degeneration in particular instances.

It is, however, in some degree a defect; for his defence of religion against the deists rests on a view of reason which would for ever preclude a demonstrative proof of God's existence.

But the latter do not certainly show any deviation in the measure of time, and seem to preclude a deviation so large as that derived from observations of the moon.

Thus the pantheistic and the theistic conceptions of God as the supreme power, as the first cause, as a person, are alike unallowable, since they all bring God within the sphere of antithesis and preclude His absolute unity.

It is therefore of interest to test this inference by observations at midnight in such a latitude that the distance of the sun below the horizon is no more than necessary to preclude the possibility of twilight.

That does not preclude redaction of the tradition or even legendary accretions in the circumstantial features of the narratives.

Mustaches, unless large, will not normally encroach on the respirator seal area and do not normally preclude face-fit testing.

United States laws on exotic animal ownership also preclude people in the U.S. from buying exotic animals without a great deal of red tape.

This may preclude their use in urban areas, which have the greatest energy needs.

Others may find that unpleasant agave side effects preclude their use of this product.

If you are planning a western Caribbean cruise with one particular port in mind, you may want to plan your vacation outside hurricane season to preclude storm-influenced alterations.

Furthermore, there will be fewer flower beds (if any) to preclude excessive digging and decorative plants will be chosen for their safety around pets.

Since additional congenital defects preclude prenatal surgery, amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling (CVS) are used to check for chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus.

Medical conditions that preclude vaccination against chickenpox include active, untreated tuberculosis and any other moderate or serious illness.

Of course, some children do have conditions that preclude normal development, and any significant lag should be monitored and investigated by the physician.

A minor illness, such as a cold, does not preclude rabies vaccination.

Lamaze encourages women to work through the pain of childbirth using these methods, but it doesn't preclude the use of medication.

But even before you get to the cushions, they may be able to help you with fitting a bra that should preclude the need for cushions altogether.

You can also try Wholesale Mall, although they specify they are for wholesale buyers only and this might preclude groups.

Participating in pay-per-post services doesn't preclude you from adding banner advertising to your blog.

Such an explanation of the Polynesian's origin does not preclude a relationship with the Malays.

It is therefore natural that attempts should have been made to construct filters which, while permitting the slow percolation of water, should preclude the passage of bacteria or their spores.

Baseline elevations of several liver function tests (especially elevated bilirubin) should preclude the use of riluzole (see section 4.8 ).

Their own musical personality cults preclude any free exchange.

Failure to register its RDN may preclude an organization from joining the public global dit without first changing its distinguished name.

Moreover, Geller has never participated in repeatable experiments under conditions that would preclude fraud.