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Webster 1913 Edition

Exile

Ex′ile

,
Noun.
[OE.
exil
, fr. L.
exilium
,
exsilium
, fr.
exsuil
one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil;
ex
out +
solum
ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of
salire
to leap, spring; cf. F.
exil
. Cf.
Sole
of the foot,
Saltation
.]
1.
Forced separation from one’s native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
Let them be recalled from their
exile
.
Shakespeare
2.
The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
Syn. – Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Ex′ile

Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exiled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exiling
.]
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
“Exiled from eternal God.”
Tennyson.
Syn. – See
Banish
.

Ex-ile′

,
Adj.
[L.
exilis
.]
Small; slender; thin; fine.
[Obs.]
“An exile sound.”
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exile

EX'ILE

,
Noun.
eg'zile. [L. exilium, exul; The word is probably compounded of ex and a root in Sl, signifying to depart, or cut off, to separate, or the thrust away, perhaps L. salio.]
1.
Banishment; the state of being expelled from one's native country or place of residence by authority, and forbid to return, either for a limited time or for perpetuity.
2.
An abandonment of one's country, or removal to a foreign country for residence, through fear, disgust or resentment, or for any cause distinct from business, is called a voluntary exile, as is also a separation from one's country and friends by distress or necessity.
3.
The person banished, or expelled from his country by authority; also, one who abandons his country and resides in another; or one who is separated from his country and friends by necessity.

EX'ILE

,
Verb.
T.
To banish, as a person from his country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return; to drive away, expel or transport from one's country.
1.
To drive from one's country by misfortune, necessity or distress.
To exile one's self, is to quit one's country with a view not to return

EX'ILE

,
Adj.
eg'zil, [L. exilis.] Slender; thin; fine.

Definition 2024

exilé

exilé

See also: exile and Exile

French

Noun

exilé m ‎(plural exilés, feminine exilée)

  1. exile (someone in exile)

Adjective

exilé m ‎(feminine singular exilée, masculine plural exilés, feminine plural exilées)

  1. exiled, in exile

Related terms

Verb

exilé m ‎(feminine singular exilée, masculine plural exilés, feminine plural exilées)

  1. past participle of exiler

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zi.le/

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