All 7 Uses
banish
in
Medea, by Euripides
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- And he said, 'Twas Creon's will, Being lord of all this land, that she be sent, And with her her two sons, to banishment.†
*banishment = to expel or get rid of
- Jason will never bear it his own sons Banished, however hot his anger runs Against their mother!†
banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Thou woman sullen-eyed and Against thy lord, Medea, I here command That thou and thy two children from this land Go forth to banishment.†
banishment = to expel or get rid of
- Oh, therefore hast thou laid My crown upon me, blest of many a maid In Hellas, now I have won what all did crave, Thee, the world— wondered lover and the brave; Who this day looks and sees me banished, thrown Away with these two babes, all, all, alone ...Oh, merry mocking when the lamps are red: " Where go the bridegroom's babes to beg their bread In exile, and the woman who gave all To save him?†
banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- With gifts they shall be sent, Gifts to the bride to spare their banishment, Fine robings and a carcanet of gold.†
banishment = to expel or get rid of
- And banishment For those two babes.†
- Mistress, these children from their banishment Are spared.†
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)