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Definitions for: Ostracize [v] avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
[v] expel from a community or group
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun
See Also: avoid, boycott, exclude, expel, keep out, kick out, shut, shut out, throw out
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