D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Exile

/ĕg'-zīlˌ/ · Ex·ile · IPA /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
01 n. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation …
  1. 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. 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.
02 v. t. To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
imp. & p. p. Exiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling
  1. 1.
    To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
    “Calling home our exiled friends abroad.” Shak.
Syn. See Banish.
03 a. Small; slender; thin; fine.
  1. 1.
    Small; slender; thin; fine.[Obs.]