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Definition of Banish
1. Verb. Expel from a community or group.
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Derivative terms: Banishment, Blackball, Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism
2. Verb. Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment.
3. Verb. Expel, as if by official decree. "He was banished from his own country"
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Specialized synonyms: Spike
Derivative terms: Banishment, Relegation
4. Verb. Drive away. "Banish gloom"
Definition of Banish
1. v. t. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
Definition of Banish
1. Verb. To send someone away and forbid that person from returning. ¹
2. Verb. To expel, especially from the mind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banish
1. to expel [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: expel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banish
Literary usage of Banish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1805)
"Consign we therefore all the contributions to oblivion ; omit we the offerings
of the poet-laureat, and of the poet-laureat's daughter ! banish Dr. Mavor, ..."
2. The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation by Alexander Brown (1898)
"To banish tobacco generally and help Virginia by some other means. ... Not to
banish all Tobacco in respect of Va. and SI — To give them some time — else, ..."
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