dictionary definitions for "ostracise"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ostracise \os"tra*cise\, v. t.
     Same as ostracize. [Chiefly Brit.]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ostracise
      v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
           ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
      2: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my
         colleagues ostracize me" [syn: ostracize, ostracise]


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