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ostracizeostracize /ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYostracizeOrigin: 1800-1900 Greek ostrakizein to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot, from ostrakon broken piece of pot VERB TABLEostracize |
Present | I, you, we, they | ostracize | | he, she, it | ostracizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ostracized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ostracized | | he, she, it | has ostracized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ostracized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ostracize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ostracized |
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Present | I | am ostracizing | | he, she, it | is ostracizing | | you, we, they | are ostracizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was ostracizing | | you, we, they | were ostracizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ostracizing | | he, she, it | has been ostracizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ostracizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ostracizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ostracizing |
1if a group of people ostracize someone, they stop accepting him or her as a member of the group: After her husband’s arrest, she was ostracized by her neighbors.2to send someone away from a society through ostracism as in ancient Greece [Origin: 1800–1900 Greek ostrakizein to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot, from ostrakon broken piece of pot] → see also banish |