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exile(2)(dictionary)
exile(3)(dictionary)
exile(4)(dictionary)
tax exile(dictionary)
Babylonian Exile(encyclopedia)
exile 1, noun(dictionary)
exile 2, verb(dictionary)
EXILE, civil law(law)

exile(4) (iou)



exile verb trans. ME.
[Old French exil(i)er (mod. exiler) alt. of essilier from late Latin exiliare, from exilium EXILE noun1.]
Banish (a person) from his or her native country or (fig.) a favourite place, environment, etc. (Foll. by from, to, 2nd obj.) ME.
J. Austen You are fitted for society and it is shameful you should be exiled from it. J. R. Green The exiled Greek scholars were welcomed in Italy.
Discard, get rid of. Now rare. LME.
E. Bowen For these..occasions, ladies went tailormade; coaching, indeed, created its own fashions, exiling fussy, draped skirts.
Ravage, lay waste. LME-M16.
exilement noun (now rare) LME.
exiler noun LME-M17.