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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
