Os"tra*cize (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Ostracized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Ostracizing (?).] [Gr. ?, fr. ? a tile, a
tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. ? oyster, ? bone. Cf.
Osseous, Oyster.] 1. (Gr.
Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote,
as at Athens. Grote.
2. To banish from society; to put under the
ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was
ostracized by his former friends. Marvell.