Definitions
1.verbTo bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
2.verbTo expel; to put out."to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs"
3.verbTo omit from consideration."Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers."
4.verbTo refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
5.verbTo eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
6.prepositionTo the exclusion of; not including"Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays)."