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The definition of banish means to send away or get rid of someone or something.

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A person being told by officials to leave a city is an example of banish.
Choosing to forget a bad memory is an example of to banish.

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See banish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to exile
to send or put away; get rid of: to banish cares, to banish wrinkles

Origin: ME banischen < extended stem of OFr banir < ML *bannire < Frank *bannjan, to order or prohibit under penalty < ban, akin to ban

Related Forms:

banishment noun

See banish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ban·ished, ban·ish·ing, ban·ish·es

To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile.
To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English banishen

Origin: , from Old French banir, baniss-

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see bhā-² in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

banˈish·er noun

banˈish·ment noun

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