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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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