- exile⇄exile (1), verb, -iled,-iling,noun.
- exile⇄exile (2), adjective.
(Archaic.)
1. thin; slender.
2. meager.
3. poor; barren.
Ex. exile soil.
4. very subtle; finespun.
5. overrefined. - Exile⇄Exile, noun.
the Babylonian captivity of the Jews in the 500's B.C. - exile⇄noun 1. a being exiled; banishment.
Ex. The traitor was sent into exile for life.
(SYN) expulsion, expatriation.
2. a person who is banished.
Ex. He has been an exile for ten years. (Figurative.) An exile from the paternal roof - exile⇄v.t. 1. to make (a person) leave home or country, often by law as a punishment; banish.
Ex. The traitor was exiled from his country for life. Thucydides failed to relieve the siege of Amphipolis, and was exiled for 20 years (C. Bradford Welles).