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Webster 1913 Edition

Ostracize

Os′tra-cize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ostracized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ostracizing
.]
[Gr.
ὀστρακίζειν
, fr.
ὄστρακον
a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf.
ὄστρεον
oyster,
ὀστέον
bone. Cf.
Osseous
,
Oyster
.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
Grote.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ostracize

OS'TRACIZE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Ostracism.] To banish by the popular voice, particularly a person eminent for public services, but who has lost his popularity.

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