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banish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• băn'ĭsh
• /ˈbænɪʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
   • He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.
   • he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […]. , II.10
   • 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. 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
   • 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. 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 190:
2. (transitive) To expel, especially from the mind.
   • […]St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • to banish fear; to banish a qualm

Forms

Deriveds

rebanish · unbanish · banishable · banisher · banishee

Relateds

banishment

Translations (83)

be вы́гнаць (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · de verbannen (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · txb lut- (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg проку́ждам (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pt expulsar (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg прого́ня (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cs vyhostit (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ga ruaig (to expel, especially from the mind) · be вы́слаць (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cmn 驅逐 /驱逐 (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ba һөрөү (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pt banir (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl wygnać (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · uk виганя́ти (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ga ruaig (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · de herauswerfen (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ru вы́слать (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · fr bannir (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · it bandire (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ru изгоня́ть (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ru прогоня́ть (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ar طَرَدَ (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · es desterrar (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg изго́нвам (to expel, especially from the mind) · cs zapudit (myšlenku) (to expel, especially from the mind) · ca desterrar (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · grc ἐξορίζω (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · la exigō (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cmn 逐出 (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg пропъ́дя (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · it esiliare (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · la ablēgō (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cs vyhnat (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · el εξορίζω (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · mi pei (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg изпъ́дя (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl wypędzić (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl wypędzać (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ba ҡыуыу (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · uk виго́нити (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · hu száműz (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · uk ви́слати (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · rmy gonil (Kalderash) (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg прого́ня (to expel, especially from the mind) · fi ajaa tiehensä (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg прого́нвам (to expel, especially from the mind) · nl verdrijven (to expel, especially from the mind) · bg изго́нвам (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · be выганя́ць (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cs vykázat (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ru высыла́ть (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg прого́нвам (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg пропъ́ждам (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · eo forpeli (to expel, especially from the mind) · mi tūwhiti (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ro alunga (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · fi karkottaa (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg изго́ня (to expel, especially from the mind) · bg изго́ня (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · hu elűz (to expel, especially from the mind) · mi whakapako (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · fi karkottaa (to expel, especially from the mind) · mk прогони (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cmn 流放 (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ca bandejar (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · ota قوغمق (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · nl verbannen (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · hu elhesseget (to expel, especially from the mind) · bg изпъ́ждам (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · enm forsenden (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · uk висила́ти (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · be высыла́ць (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · tpi banisim (to expel, especially from the mind) · ru прогна́ть (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl banitować (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl wyganiać (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · pl wygonić (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · cs vypovědět (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · uk ви́гнати (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · fi ajaa pois (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · de vertreiben (to expel, especially from the mind) · ru изгна́ть (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) · bg проку́дя (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning)