banish
/ˈbænɪʃ/
banish verb: to send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
Verb
banish (third-person singular simple present banishes, present participle banishing, simple past and past participle banished)
- To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.
- 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
- To expel, especially from the mind.
- to banish fear; to banish a qualm
- […]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...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
banish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
banish in Tamil
- அப்புறப்படுத்து, அகற்று, துரத்து, நாடு கடத்து, வெளியேற்று, விரட்டியடி
banish in Urdu
- جلاوطن کرنا, نکالنا, شہربدر کرنا
banish in Bengali
- নির্বাসিত করা, তাড়িয়ে দেওয়া, মন থেকে দূর করা
banish in Malayalam
- banish
- ത്യജിക്കുക tyajikkuka
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- banish in Kannada
- ಹೊರಗಟ್ಟು, ಬಹಿಷ್ಕರಿಸು, ಗಡೀಪಾರು ಮಾಡು, ದೇಶಭ್ರಷ್ಟನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು
- banish in Sanskrit
- विसर्जयति visarjayati
- banish in Arabic
- طَرَدَ ṭarada
Examples of banish in a sentence
- he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […]., II.10
- 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:
Forms of banish
| third-person singular present | banishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | banishing |
| past participle | banished |
| past | banished |
Origin of banish
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.
Words formed from banish
Words that rhyme with banish
Questions about banish
- What does banish mean?
- Banish means to send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- What is banish in Tamil?
- Banish in Tamil is அப்புறப்படுத்து, அகற்று, துரத்து. See Banish meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use banish in a sentence?
- he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […].
- What part of speech is banish?
- Banish is a verb.
- How do you pronounce banish?
- Banish is pronounced /ˈbænɪʃ/.
- What is the past tense of banish?
- The past tense of banish is banished.
Words near banish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: banish (page history and authors); banish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ത്യജിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); banish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विसर्जयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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