banish from a country

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• banish — banish, exile, expatriate, ostracize, deport, transport, extradite are comparable when denoting to remove by authority or force from a country, state, or sovereignty. To banish is to compel one, usually by public edict or sentence, to leave a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• banish — [ban′ish] vt. [ME banischen < extended stem of OFr banir < ML * bannire < Frank * bannjan, to order or prohibit under penalty < ban, akin to BAN1] 1. to exile 2. to send or put away; get rid of [to banish cares, to banish wrinkles]… …   English World dictionary

• banish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French baniss , stem of banir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bannan to command more at ban Date: 14th century 1. to require by authority to leave a country 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• banish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exile, dismiss, expel. See ejection, punishment, exclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To condemn to exile] Syn. exile, expatriate, deport, transport, ostracize, excommunicate, proscribe, drive out,… …   English dictionary for students

• banish — ban|ish [ˈbænıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: banir] 1.) to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place banish sb/sth from/to sth ▪ I have been banished to a distant corridor. 2.) to send someone away permanently …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• banish — v. (D; tr.) to banish from; to (she was banished from the country) * * * [ bænɪʃ] to (she was banished from the country) (D; tr.) to banish from …   Combinatory dictionary

• banish — ban|ish [ bænıʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to officially order someone to leave a country or region as a punishment: banish from/to: a well known opponent of Stalin who was banished to Siberia a ) OFTEN HUMOROUS to make someone go somewhere else:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• banish — verb (T) 1 to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place: banish sth from/to: The children were banished to the backyard. 2 to send someone away permanently from their country or the area where they live, especially as an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• banish — verb 1》 send (someone) away, especially from a country, as an official punishment. 2》 dismiss from one s mind. Derivatives banishment noun Origin ME: from OFr. baniss , banir; ult. of Gmc origin and related to ban1 …   English new terms dictionary

• banish — v.tr. 1 formally expel (a person), esp. from a country. 2 dismiss from one s presence or mind. Derivatives: banishment n. Etymology: ME f. OE banir ult. f. Gmc …   Useful english dictionary

• banish — v. a. 1. Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country. 2. Exclude, expel, dismiss, dispel, shut out, drive away, put out of mind …   New dictionary of synonyms