Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ostracized"
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.
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