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ostracize (v.)
1640s, from Greek
ostrakizein
"to banish," literally "to banish by voting with potshards" (see
ostracism
). Figurative sense of "to exclude from society" is attested from 1640s. Related:
Ostracization
;
ostracized
;
ostracizing
.
