Both Uses
banish
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- She drugged the wine with an herb that banishes all care, sorrow, and ill humour.†
Book 4 *banishes = expels or gets rid of
- Have a try therefore at something, and banish all sorrow from your mind.†
Book 8banish = expel or get rid of
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)