Definition of Preclusive

1. Adjective. Made impossible.

Exact synonyms: Obviating
Similar to: Preventative, Preventive
Derivative terms: Preclude

Definition of Preclusive

1. a. Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.

Definition of Preclusive

1. Adjective. Serving to preclude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preclusive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preclusive

preclearing
preclears
preclinical
preclinical phase
preclinical test
preclinical trial
preclinically
precloacal
precludable
preclude
precluded
precludes
precluding
preclusion
preclusions
preclusive (current term)
preclusively
precoat
precoated
precoating
precocial
precocious
precocious dentition
precociously
precociousness
precocities
precocity
precode
precoded
precoder

Literary usage of Preclusive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"In order that the fine shall have this preclusive effect, ... We have further to notice that in many cases the preclusive term did not begin to run until ..."

2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"In order that the fine shall have this preclusive effect, it is necessary that ... We have further to notice that in many cases the preclusive term did not ..."

3. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"If there is no such thing as a state of the soul as preclusive of a final ... as the state of a butterfly is preclusive of a relapse into the caterpillar, ..."

4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1875)
"If there is no such thing as a state of the soul as preclusive of a final fall and general corruption, as the- state of a butterfly is preclusive of a ..."

5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1875)
"If there is no such thing as a state of the soul as preclusive of a final fall and general corruption, as the state of a butterfly is preclusive of a ..."

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