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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•ile /ˈɛgzaɪl, ˈɛksaɪl/USA pronunciation n., v., -iled, -il•ing. n. - [uncountable] being sent out of one's native land;
banishment. - [countable] a person who is banished or separated from his or her native land.
v. [~ + object] - to send out (a person) from his or her country;
banish:Napoleon was exiled to a small island near Italy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•ile (eg′zīl, ek′sīl),USA pronunciation n., v., -iled, -il•ing. n. - expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- the fact or state of such expulsion:to live in exile.
- a person banished from his or her native land.
- prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of circumstances:wartime exile.
- anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
- Judaism the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
v.t. - to expel or banish (a person) from his or her country;
expatriate. - to separate from country, home, etc.:Disagreements exiled him from his family.
- Latin ex(s)ilium, equivalent. to exsul banished person + -ium -ium
- Middle English exil banishment 1250–1300
- 7, 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged evict, drive out, cast out, eject, deport.
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