All 14 Uses of
banish
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Now presently I'll give her father notice Of their disguising and pretended flight; Who, all enrag'd, will banish Valentine; For Thurio, he intends, shall wed his daughter; But, Valentine being gone, I'll quickly cross, By some sly trick blunt Thurio's dull proceeding.†
Scene 2.6
- To die is to be banish'd from myself, And Silvia is myself; banish'd from her Is self from self,—a deadly banishment!†
Scene 3.1
- To die is to be banish'd from myself, And Silvia is myself; banish'd from her Is self from self,—a deadly banishment!†
Scene 3.1
- To die is to be banish'd from myself, And Silvia is myself; banish'd from her Is self from self,—a deadly banishment!†
Scene 3.1
- That thou art banished, O, that's the news, From hence, from Silvia, and from me thy friend.†
Scene 3.1
- Doth Silvia know that I am banished?†
Scene 3.1
- Sir Thurio, fear not but that she will love you Now Valentine is banish'd from her sight.†
Scene 3.2
- What! were you banish'd thence?†
Scene 4.1
- But were you banish'd for so small a fault?
Scene 4.1 *banish'd = expelled (forced to leave) from a country or communityunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
- Know, then, that some of us are gentlemen, Such as the fury of ungovern'd youth Thrust from the company of awful men: Myself was from Verona banished For practising to steal away a lady, An heir, and near allied unto the duke.†
Scene 4.1
- Indeed, because you are a banish'd man, Therefore, above the rest, we parley to you.†
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- Thou art not ignorant what dear good will I bear unto the banish'd Valentine; Nor how my father would enforce me marry Vain Thurio, whom my very soul abhors.†
Scene 4.3
- Your Grace is welcome to a man disgrac'd, Banished Valentine.†
Scene 5.4
- These banish'd men, that I have kept withal, Are men endu'd with worthy qualities: Forgive them what they have committed here, And let them be recall'd from their exile: They are reformed, civil, full of good, And fit for great employment, worthy lord.†
Scene 5.4
Definition:
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(banish) to expel or get rid ofin various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind