Both Uses of
banish
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Inward melancholy it was impossible for a man like Oak, introspective far beyond his neighbours, to banish quite, whilst conning the present untoward page of his history.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- The broad steely sea, marked only by faint lines, which had a semblance of being etched thereon to a degree not deep enough to disturb its general evenness, stretched the whole width of his front and round to the right, where, near the town and port of Budmouth, the sun bristled down upon it, and banished all colour, to substitute in its place a clear oily polish.†
Chpt 46-48
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