banish
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”) and Old English bannan, Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare to French bannir.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
banish (third-person singular simple present banishes, present participle banishing, simple past and past participle banished)
- To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
- (with simple direct object)
- If you don't stop talking blasphemes, I will banish you.
- (with from)
- He was banished from the kingdom.
- 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:
- The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.
- (dated, with out of)
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Modern Library 1999, p. 640:
- For I am banished out of the country of Logris for ever, that is for to say the country of England.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Modern Library 1999, p. 640:
- (archaic, with two simple objects (person and place))
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.10:
- he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world [...].
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 190:
- Then yours she will never be! You are banished her presence; her mother has opened her eyes to your designs, and she is now upon her guard against them.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.10:
- (with simple direct object)
- To expel, especially from the mind.
- banish fear, qualm.
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Translations [edit]
to send someone away and forbid that person from returning
to expel, especially from the mind
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External links [edit]
- banish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- banish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- banish at OneLook Dictionary Search
