banish
verb /ˈbænɪʃ/
/ˈbænɪʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they banish | /ˈbænɪʃ/ /ˈbænɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it banishes | /ˈbænɪʃɪz/ /ˈbænɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple banished | /ˈbænɪʃt/ /ˈbænɪʃt/ |
| past participle banished | /ˈbænɪʃt/ /ˈbænɪʃt/ |
| -ing form banishing | /ˈbænɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈbænɪʃɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] banish somebody (from…) (to…) to order somebody to leave a place, especially a country, as a punishment synonym exile
- He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later.
- The children were banished from the dining room.
- He pleaded with the Queen not to banish him.
- banish somebody/something (from something) to make somebody/something go away; to get rid of somebody/something
- The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind.
- He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt.
- She tried to banish these thoughts from her mind.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French baniss-, lengthened stem of banir; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban.