EXCLU'SIVE, adjective Having the power of preventing entrance; as exclusive bars. 1. Debarring from participation; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as an exclusive privilege. 2. Not taking into the account; not including or comprehending; as, the general had five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery and cavalry. He sent me all the numbers from 78 to 94 exclusive; that is, all the numbers between 78 and 94, but these numbers, the first and last, are excepted or not included.
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