2 uses
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Definition
to expel or get rid of
in various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind
- She drugged the wine with an herb that banishes all care, sorrow, and ill humour.Book 4 (26% in)
- Have a try therefore at something, and banish all sorrow from your mind.Book 8 (25% in)
There are no more uses of "banish" in The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Butler).
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