Exile \Ex*ile"\, a. [L. exilis.]

Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.]

``An exile sound.'' --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Exile \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Exile \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)