Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recluse

Recluse (re*klūs") , adjective

[French reclus, Latin reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in Late Latin, to shut up. See Close.]

Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life
In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. — J. Philips

Recluse , noun

[French reclus, Late Latin reclusus. See Recluse, a.]

1.
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.
2.
The place where a recluse dwells. [Obsolete] — Foxe

Recluse , transitive verb

To shut up; to seclude. [Obsolete]