banish

Meaning

Verb

To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
To expel, especially from the mind.

Origin

From Middle English banysshen, from Old French banir ("to proclaim, ban, banish") and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną ("curse, forbid"). Compare to French bannir.

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