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Shun Socrates, I fancy
Answer for the clue "Shun Socrates, I fancy ", 9 letters:
ostracise
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chiefly British English spelling of ostracize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize . Related: Ostracised .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. expel from a community or group [syn: banish , ban , ostracize , shun , cast out , blackball ] avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: ostracize ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling ostracize English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
ostracise \os"tra*cise\, v. t. Same as ostracize . [Chiefly Brit.]
Usage examples of ostracise.
Some say that the reason for these blacks ostracising themselves was that many years before a beautiful woman wished her pretty baby to be called Krubi, and the other Krubi was not yet old.
But I am a widowed woman, marginalised and ostracised, and far from the centre of power.
Henri had removed himself and his belongings: already the ostracising had begun.