Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to banish
Participle: banished
Gerund: banishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | banish |
| you | banish |
| he;she;it | banishes |
| we | banish |
| you | banish |
| they | banish |
Perfect
| I | have banished |
| you | have banished |
| he;she;it | has banished |
| we | have banished |
| you | have banished |
| they | have banished |
Past
| I | banished |
| you | banished |
| he;she;it | banished |
| we | banished |
| you | banished |
| they | banished |
Pluperfect
| I | had banished |
| you | had banished |
| he;she;it | had banished |
| we | had banished |
| you | had banished |
| they | had banished |
Future
| I | will banish |
| you | will banish |
| he;she;it | will banish |
| we | will banish |
| you | will banish |
| they | will banish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have banished |
| you | will have banished |
| he;she;it | will have banished |
| we | will have banished |
| you | will have banished |
| they | will have banished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | banish |
| you | banish |
| he;she;it | banish |
| we | banish |
| you | banish |
| they | banish |
Perfect
| I | have banished |
| you | have banished |
| he;she;it | have banished |
| we | have banished |
| you | have banished |
| they | have banished |
Imperfect
| I | banished |
| you | banished |
| he;she;it | banished |
| we | banished |
| you | banished |
| they | banished |
Pluperfect
| I | had banished |
| you | had banished |
| he;she;it | had banished |
| we | had banished |
| you | had banished |
| they | had banished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would banish |
| you | would banish |
| he;she;it | would banish |
| we | would banish |
| you | would banish |
| they | would banish |
Perfect
| I | would have banished |
| you | would have banished |
| he;she;it | would have banished |
| we | would have banished |
| you | would have banished |
| they | would have banished |
Imperative
| you | banish |
| we | Let's banish |
| you | banish |
Verbs conjugated like 'banish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'banish'
bandish,
vanish,
bash,
bentsh,
bewish,
blandish,
brandish,
burnish,
evanish,
famish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
- prohibit
- exile
- expatriate, deport, proscribe, displace, expulse, ostracize, outlaw
- expel
- dismiss, exclude, isolate, discharge, dispel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1320,
banischen, from
banniss-, extended stem of O.Fr.
banir "to proclaim an outlaw," from Frank.
*bannjan "to order or prohibit under penalty," or from V.L. cognate
*bannire (see bandit).
2. From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban. See: Middle English '
banishen', Old English '
bannan', Proto-Germanic '
*bannaną', French '
bannir'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of shipping and conveying these unfortunate persons, is one that stands in need of thorough revision. If any class deserve to be protected and assisted by the Government, it is that class who are banished from their native land in search of the bare means of subsistence. All that could be done for these poor people by the great compassion and humanity of the captain and officers was done, but they [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This night, however, in his feverish efforts to banish from his mind those fearful elements of woe and remorse which woke within him, he had indulged more than common; so that, when he had discharged his sable attendants, he fell heavily on a settle in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)