banish
verb/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.
Definitions
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.
- he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […].
To expel, especially from the mind.
- to banish fear; to banish a qualm
The neighborhood
- neighborbanishment
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for banish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA