Category:Ostracize

Os"tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] Etym: [gr. Osseous, oyster.]

1. (gr. Antiq.)

Defn: 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.