All 3 Uses
banish
in
Henry IV, Part 2
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- The king that loved him, as the state stood then, Was force perforce compell'd to banish him: And then that Henry Bolingbroke and he, Being mounted and both roused in their seats, Their neighing coursers daring of the spur, Their armed staves in charge, their beavers down, Their eyes of fire sparkling through sights of steel, And the loud trumpet blowing them together, Then, then, when there was nothing could have stay'd My father from the breast of Bolingbroke, O, when the king did throw his warder down, His own life hung upon the staff he threw; Then threw he down himself and all their lives That by indictment and by dint of sword Have since miscarried under Bolingbroke.†
Scene 4.1banish = expel or get rid of
- When thou dost hear I am as I have been, Approach me, and thou shalt be as thou wast, The tutor and the feeder of my riots: Till then, I banish thee, on pain of death, As I have done the rest of my misleaders, Not to come near our person by ten mile.†
Scene 5.5
- I like this fair proceeding of the king's: He hath intent his wonted followers Shall all be very well provided for; But all are banish'd till their conversations Appear more wise and modest to the world.†
Scene 5.5 *banish'd = expelled or gotten rid ofunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)