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ostracize
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (ostrakíz?, “to banish from a city by ostracism”), from ???????? (óstrakon, “earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd”) (from the fact that when voting was held to decide whether to banish people, their names were inscribed on potsherds) + -???? (-íz?, suffix forming verbs)). The English word is cognate with French ostraciser.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??st??sa?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??st???sa?z/
- Hyphenation: os?trac?ize
Verb
ostracize (third-person singular simple present ostracizes, present participle ostracizing, simple past and past participle ostracized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. [from mid 19th c.]
- (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]
- Synonyms: blackball, cut someone dead, give someone the cold shoulder, send to Coventry; see also Thesaurus:ignore
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:pay attention
Alternative forms
- ostracise (British spelling)
Derived terms
Related terms
- ostracism
- ostracon, ostrakon
- ostracum
- ostracy (obsolete, rare)
Translations
See also
- silent treatment
Notes
References
Further reading
- ostracism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ostracize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Croatizes, Socratize, socratize
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?os.t?a.?si.zi/, /?o?-/
Verb
ostracize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ostracizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ostracizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ostracizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ostracizar
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evict
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin evictus, past participle of ?vinc? (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)
- (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
Related terms
- eviction
- evince
Translations
Anagrams
- civet
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