Tuesday, April 14, 2009

os•tra•cize

Pronunciation: (os'tru-sIz), [key] 
v.t., -cized, -ciz•ing. 
1. to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest. 
2. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate. 
3. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.Also, esp. Brit.,os'tra•cise.



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