banish

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ban·ish / ˈbanish/ • v. [tr.] (often be banished) send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment: they were banished to Siberia for political crimes. ∎  forbid, abolish, or get rid of (something unwanted): it's perfectly feasible to banish the smoke without banning smoking.DERIVATIVES: ban·ish·ment n.

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banish

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banish XIV. — OF. baniss-, lengthened stem (see -ISH2) of banir (mod. -nn-) — Gmc. *bannjan, f. *bann- BAN1.

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