| slovo | definícia |
ostracize
(encz) | ostracize,vyloučit ze společnosti Zdeněk Brož |
ostracize
(encz) | ostracize,vyobcovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Ostracize
(gcide) | Ostracize \Os"tra*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] [Gr. 'ostraki`zein, fr.
'o`strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf.
'o`streon oyster, 'oste`on bone. Cf. Osseous, Oyster.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular
vote, as at Athens. --Grote.
[1913 Webster]
2. To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude
from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from
conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized
by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a
formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.
--Marvell.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
ostracize
(wn) | ostracize
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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
ostracize
(encz) | ostracize,vyloučit ze společnosti Zdeněk Brožostracize,vyobcovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
ostracized
(encz) | ostracized, |
Ostracized
(gcide) | Ostracize \Os"tra*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] [Gr. 'ostraki`zein, fr.
'o`strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf.
'o`streon oyster, 'oste`on bone. Cf. Osseous, Oyster.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular
vote, as at Athens. --Grote.
[1913 Webster]
2. To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude
from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from
conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized
by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a
formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.
--Marvell.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
ostracize
(wn) | ostracize
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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