exile, exyle

[Fr. exil, from Lat. exilium, exsilium = banishment: exsul =an exile, one banished from his native soil: ex -out, away, and solum =soil; Sp.exilio; Ital. esilio.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Banishment; the state of being banished or exiled from one's country by authority either in perpetuity or for a limited period. "He was at length by him depriued of the whole kyng. dome, and ended his life miserably in exyle ."-Brende; Quintus Curtius, fo. 3. 2. The voluntary abandonment of one's country, and removal to a foreign country for purposes of residence; separation from one's country through distre or nece ity. IMG:content-1262.png:[blocks in formation] "Uly es, sole of all the victor train, An exile from his dear paternal coast, Deplored his absent queen, and empire lost." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, i. 18-20. II. Entom .: A moth-Crymodes exul is . It is of the tribe Noctuides (Noctuas). ex-ile, *ex-yl-yn, v. t. [Fr. exiler, from Latin exsulo, from exsul =an exile.] 1. To banish or expel from one's country, or from a particular jurisdiction by authority; to drive away, to transport, to drive into exile. "To exile the erle Godwyn, his sonnes and alle hise." Robert De Brunne, p. 58. 2. To banish, to keep away, to expel. "His brutal manners from his breast exiled , His mien he fashioned, and his tongue he filed." Dryden: Cymon and Iphigenia, 218. 3. To banish, to shut out, to exclude. " Exiled from Praise, from Virtue, and the Muse." West: Pindar; First Pythian Ode. For the difference between to exile and to ban ish , see BANISH. *ex-i'le, a . [Lat. exilis .] Slight, slender, thin, fine. *ex-iled, a . [English exil (e), a.; -ed.] Slender, weak, poor. *ex-i'le-ment, s. [Eng.exile; -ment.] Banishment, exile. ěx-11-Ic, a. [Eng., ., exil ( e ); -ic.] 1. Relating to or in any way connected with exile or banishment. 2. ( Spec .): Relating to the captivity of the Hebrews in Babylon. "This numeral occurs eleven times in the exilic or postexilic books." -Athenœum, May 12, 1883, p. 603. *ex-1-11-tion, s. [Latin exilio , exsilio = to leap of suddenly starting or springing forth. out or forth: ex =out, and salio to leap.] The act *ex-11-1-tř, *ex-il-i-tie, s . [Lat. exilitas , from exilis .] Smallne , slenderne , slightne , finene . *ěx-Im-I-ous, a. [Lat. eximius , from ex out, and emo to buy, to take.] Famous, eminent, conspicuous, renowned. *ěx-in-a-nite, v. t . [Lat. exinanitus , pa. par. of exinanio =to empty, to exhaust: ex out, fully, and in an is empty. To empty; to reduce to noth. ing; to make of little value or repute; to humble. *ex-in-a-ni-tion, s. [ Lat.exinanitio , from exin anitus , pa. par. of exinanio .] The act of emptying or evacuating; a lowering in rank or position; des titution; humiliation. ěx-In-düş-1-āte, a. [Pref. ex, and indusiate (q. v.).] Bot.: Not having an indusium. (Used chiefly of ferns.) těx-ine, s. [EXTINE.]