exile
- exile
- [[t]e̱ksaɪl, e̱gz-[/t]]
♦♦♦
exiles, exiling, exiled
1)
N-UNCOUNT: usu
prep N If someone is living in
exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons.
He is now living in exile in Egypt...
He returned from exile earlier this year.
...after nearly six years of exile...
During his exile, he also began writing books.
2) VERB If someone is exiled, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons.
[be V-ed from n] His second wife, Hilary, had been widowed, then exiled from South Africa.
[V n] They threatened to exile her in southern Spain.
[V-ed] ...Haiti's exiled president. [Also V n from n]
3) N-COUNT An exile is someone who has been exiled.
4)
VERB: usu
passive If you say that someone
has been exiled from a particular place or situation, you mean that they have been sent away from it or removed from it against their will.
[be V-ed from n] He has been exiled from the first team and forced to play in third team matches...
[be V-ed prep/adv] Michael was exiled to the kitchen for supper.
Syn:
Exile is also a noun.
Rovers lost 4-1 and began their long exile from the First Division.
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exile — exile … Dictionnaire des rimes
exilé — exilé … Dictionnaire des rimes
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exilé — exilé, ée [ ɛgzile ] adj. et n. • fin XIIIe; eissilled avant 1125; de exiler 1 ♦ Qui est en exil. ⇒ banni, expatrié, expulsé, proscrit. Opposant politique exilé. N. Pays qui accueille des exilés politiques. ⇒ réfugié. Exilé qui bénéficie du droit … Encyclopédie Universelle
exile — [ek′sīl΄, eg′zīl΄] n. [ME & OFr exil < L exilium < exul, an exile, one banished < ex , out + IE base * al , to wander aimlessly > Gr alaomai, I wander, am banished] 1. a prolonged living away from one s country, community, etc.,… … English World dictionary
exilé — exilé, ée (è gzi lé, lée) part. passé. 1° Expulsé hors de la patrie. Aristide exilé par l ostracisme. Gémissant dans ma cour et plus exilé qu elle RAC. Bérén. III, 1. • Du doux pays de nos aïeux Serons nous toujours exilées ?, VILLON Esth. I … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Exile — Ex ile, n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. {Sole} of the foot, {Saltation}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exile — index asylum (hiding place), banishment, bar (exclude), deport (banish), deportation, depose ( … Law dictionary
Exile — Exile during the “dirty wars” and the years leading up to them took many forms. Some people, fearing state persecution, sought diplomatic asylum or left the country unofficially. Others, though leaving voluntarily, did so not out of fear, but… … Historical Dictionary of the “Dirty Wars”
exile — [n1] deportation from a place banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation; concept 298 exile [n2] person deported from a… … New thesaurus
Exile — Ex*ile , a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] An exile sound. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
