'Foreclose' definitions:
Definition of 'foreclose'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]
verb
Subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
Definition of 'Foreclose'
From: GCIDE
- Foreclose \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. [1913 Webster]
- The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
- To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.
- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foreclose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticipate,
- avert,
- bar,
- cut off,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- disendow,
- dishearten,
- disherison,
- disinherit,
- disown,
- dispossess,
- disseise,
- estop,
- evict,
- exclude,
- expropriate,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- forestall,
- help,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- obviate,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- repel,
- rule out,
- save,
- stave off,
- turn aside,
- ward off