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ostracize


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ostracize  \Os"tra*cize\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ostracized};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Ostracizing}.]  [Gr.  ?,  fr  ?  a  tile,  a  tablet 
  used  in  voting,  a  shell;  cf  ?  oyster,  ?  bone.  Cf  {Osseous}, 
  {Oyster}.] 
  1.  (Gr.  Antiq.)  To  exile  by  ostracism;  to  banish  by  a  popular 
  vote,  as  at  Athens.  --Grote. 
 
  2.  To  banish  from  society;  to  put  under  the  ban;  to  cast  out 
  from  social,  political,  or  private  favor;  as  he  was 
  ostracized  by  his  former  friends.  --Marvell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ostracize 
  v  1:  expel  from  a  community  or  group  [syn:  {banish},  {ban},  {shun}, 
  {cast  out},  {blackball}] 
  2:  avoid  speaking  to  or  dealing  with  "Ever  since  I  spoke  up 
  my  colleagues  ostracize  me"  [syn:  {ostracise}] 




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