os|tra|cize

os|tra|cize
os|tra|cize «OS truh syz», transitive verb, -cized, -ciz|ing.
1. to condemn to leave a country; banish. The ancient Greeks ostracized a dangerous or unpopular citizen by public vote on ballots consisting of potsherds or tiles.
2. Figurative. to shut out from society, from favor, from privileges, or from association with one's fellows: »

A boy who boasts too much or tries to show off in a new school is sometimes ostracized until he learns how to get on with his new schoolmates.

╂[< Greek ostrakízein < óstrakon tile, potsherd, related to ostéon bone]
–os´tra|ciz´er, noun.

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  • tra — in·tra·bi·on·tic; in·tra·cartilaginous; in·tra·cav·i·tar·i·ly; in·tra·cav·i·tary; in·tra·cellular; in·tra·cerebral; in·tra·cervical; in·tra·chordal; in·tra·cisternal; in·tra·city; in·tra·coastal; in·tra·company; in·tra·continental;… …   English syllables

  • os´tra|ciz´er — os|tra|cize «OS truh syz», transitive verb, cized, ciz|ing. 1. to condemn to leave a country; banish. The ancient Greeks ostracized a dangerous or unpopular citizen by public vote on ballots consisting of potsherds or tiles. 2. Figurative. to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ostracize — os·tra·cize …   English syllables

  • ostracize — os•tra•cize [[t]ˈɒs trəˌsaɪz[/t]] v. t. cized, ciz•ing 1) to exclude, by general consent, from society, privileges, etc 2) to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate 3) anh (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen)… …   From formal English to slang

  • Ostracize — Os tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ostraki zein, fr. o strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. o streon oyster, oste on bone. Cf. {Osseous}, {Oyster}.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ostracized — Ostracize Os tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ostraki zein, fr. o strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. o streon oyster, oste on bone. Cf. {Osseous}, {Oyster}.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ostracizing — Ostracize Os tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ostraki zein, fr. o strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. o streon oyster, oste on bone. Cf. {Osseous}, {Oyster}.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ostracize — os|tra|cize also ostracise BrE [ˈɔstrəsaız US ˈa: ] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: ostrakizein to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot , from ostrakon broken piece of pot ] if a group of people ostracize someone, they refuse to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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