Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX'ILE
EX'ILE, v.t.
- To banish, as, a person from his country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return; to drive away, expel or transport from one's country.
- To drive from one's country by misfortune, necessity or distress. To exile one's self, is to quit one's country with a view not to return.
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