Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To exclude from a group or society.
- transitive verb To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To exile by ostracism; banish by popular vote, as persons dreaded for their influence or power were banished by the ancient Athenians. See
ostracism , 1. - Hence To banish from society; put under the ban; exclude from public or private favor.
- Also spelled
ostracise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
- transitive verb To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun. A person may be
ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to
shun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb avoid speaking to or dealing with
- verb expel from a community or group
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"since it's your duty to ostracize and bake, _ostracize_ and _bake_, and be done with your ridiculous fancies."
The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Finally you understand the vocabulary word ostracize.
The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007
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The group had said it would "ostracize" Ingersoll for its machinery sales in Iran.
Ingersoll Bars Units From Sales to Iran Kris Maher 2010
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The group had said it would "ostracize" Ingersoll-Rand for its machinery sales into Iran.
Ingersoll-Rand Bars Subsidiaries From Selling to Iran Kris Maher 2010
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The group had said it would "ostracize" Ingersoll for its machinery sales in Iran.
Ingersoll Bars Units From Sales to Iran Kris Maher 2010
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The group had said it would "ostracize" Ingersoll for its machinery sales in Iran.
Ingersoll Bars Units From Sales to Iran Kris Maher 2010
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The group had said it would "ostracize" Ingersoll for its machinery sales in Iran.
Ingersoll Bars Units From Sales to Iran Kris Maher 2010
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Those who are will treat me as become gentlemen, as they do, and those who are not I will thank if they will "ostracize" me, for if they don't I will certainly "ostracize" them.
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Those who are will treat me as become gentlemen, as they do, and those who are not I will thank if they will "ostracize" me, for if they don't I will certainly "ostracize" them.
Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point Flipper, Henry O 1878
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"ostracize" originated in 1649, after the KJV was written; ἐκβάλλω is best translated as
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] ChrisBo 2010
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