BANISH


Meaning of BANISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈba-nish ]

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. : to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance

3. : to clear away : dispel

his discovery banish es anxiety — Stringfellow Barr

• ban·ish·er noun

• ban·ish·ment -nish-mənt noun

Synonyms:

banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own

banished for seditious activities

exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country

a writer who exiled himself for political reasons

deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare

illegal aliens will be deported

transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony

a convict who was transported to Australia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.