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ostracise

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ostracise

chiefly British English spelling of ostracize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize. Related: Ostracised.

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ostracise

vb. (standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling ostracize English)

WordNet
ostracise
  1. v. expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, shun, cast out, blackball]

  2. avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: ostracize]

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.