Past tense of banish
regular verb
The past tense of banish is banished. The past participle is also banished.
Forms of banish
| Base form (V1) | banish /ˈbænɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | banished /ˈbænɪʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | banished /ˈbænɪʃt/ |
| Present participle | banishing /ˈbænɪʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | banishes /ˈbænɪʃɪz/ |
Banished in a sentence
- He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.
- 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
- A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.From the entry dead
- They are killed, tortured, made to take part in the fighting, banished from their homes.2000, Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, Women, Violence and War, →ISBN. From the entry take part
- Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land.2003, advertisement for The Hob's Bargain, in Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood, page 286 (approx.). From the entry bloodmage
Meaning of banish
- verb To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- verb To expel, especially from the mind.
Questions about the past tense of banish
- What is the past tense of banish?
- The past tense of banish is banished.
- What is the past participle of banish?
- The past participle of banish is banished.
- Is banish a regular or irregular verb?
- Banish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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