Ostracise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ostracise is a verb meaning Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize.
Meaning
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize.
Example Sentences
You then moſt Noble Equivocations and Alluſions, whom Rhetorick would Oſtraciſe, ſeek Revenge for your Baniſhment; [...]
[O]thers may wonder at the mawkish taste of a community which, instead of ostracising such a palpable charlatan at once, attended and praised all that he had to say!
Republics have been accused of being ungrateful. Aristides was ostracised for being called the Just, and Themistocles banished, after saving his country from desolation.
The inflexible advocate[s] of the people's rights, were either expelled the Senate Chamber, ostracised, or immolated on the reeking altars of patriotism, by the encrimsoned sword of slaughtering persecution.
Word Forms
- ostracises
- ostracising
- ostracised
Synonyms for ostracise
Depending on context, synonyms include ostracize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ostracize, ostrisize, ostricize, ostrasize, stigmatise, tyrannise.
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