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.]
1.
Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
Let them be recalled from their exile.
Shak.
2.
The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay.
Shak.
Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.
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Ex"ile (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.]
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
"
Exiled from eternal God."
Tennyson.
Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
Shak.
Syn. -- See Banish.
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Ex*ile" (?), a. [L. exilis.]
Small; slender; thin; fine.
[Obs.] "An
exile sound."
Bacon.
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