Found 2 items, similar to Foreclose.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foreclose foreclose v 1: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer” [syn: prevent, forestall, preclude, forbid] 2: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foreclose 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]