verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

   "You then moſt Noble Equivocations and Alluſions, whom Rhetorick would Oſtraciſe, ſeek Revenge for your Baniſhment; [...]"

2. 2
   avoid speaking to or dealing with wordnet
3. 3
   expel from a community or group wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

banbanishbanishblackballcast outostracize

Example

More examples

"From a young age children learn to ostracise those who aren't like them."

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