Definition of Ostracizing

1. Verb. (past of ostracize) ¹

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Definition of Ostracizing

1. ostracize [v] - See also: ostracize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracizing

ostracionts
ostracise
ostracised
ostracises
ostracising
ostracism
ostracisms
ostracite
ostracites
ostracizable
ostracization
ostracizations
ostracize
ostracized
ostracizes
ostracizing (current term)
ostracod
ostracoda
ostracode
ostracoderm
ostracodermi
ostracoderms
ostracodes
ostracods
ostracoid
ostracoidea
ostracoids
ostracon
ostracum
ostraka

Literary usage of Ostracizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fantazius Mallare, a Mysterious Oathby Ben Hecht by Ben Hecht (1922)
"them, but not I}; to the ostracizing ones who hurl excommunications upon all that is not part of their stupidity; to the ostracizing ones who fraternize ..."

2. Greece: II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens by George Grote (1899)
"The two former had both recommended the taking of an ostracizing vote, each hoping to cause the banishment of the other ; but before the day arrived, ..."

3. History of Greece by George Grote (1853)
"Then again, Kleisthenes did not permit the process of ostracizing to be opened against any one citizen exclusively. If opened at all, every one without ..."

4. History of Greece by George Grote (1861)
"Then again, Kleisthenes did not permit the process of ostracizing to be opened ... so that the citizen, in giving his ostracizing vote, did not in any way ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1920)
"The woman must look forward to teaching as a career, unhampered by laws ostracizing her if she takes on a husband, just as she may look forward to an ..."

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