Available Definitions:
1) a. - Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
2) a. - A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
3) a. - The place where a recluse dwells.
4) v. t. - To shut up; to seclude.