About The Word Foreclose

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Foreclose

Foreclose Meaning & Definition
Foreclose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foreclose?

[v] subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
[v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foreclose: forbid | forestall | preclude | prevent

Related Terms | Find terms related to Foreclose: 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

See Also | avert | avoid | baffle | bilk | block | blockade | cross | debar | deflect | embarrass | fend off | foil | frustrate | halt | head off | hinder | kibosh | make unnecessary | obstruct | obviate | queer | reclaim | repossess | save | scotch | spoil | stave off | stop | stymie | stymy | thwart | ward off

Foreclose In Webster's Dictionary

\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. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew. {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.

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