Defn: The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.
PRECLUSIVE
Pre*clu"sive, a.
Defn: Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.
— Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv.
PRECOCE
Pre*coce", a. Etym: [F. précoce.]
Defn: Precocious. [Obs.]
PRECOCES
Pre"co*ces, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Præcoces.
PRECOCIOUS Pre*co"cious, a. Etym: [L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d Cook, and cf. Apricot.]
1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; — used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.