All 3 Uses
banish
in
Fever, 1793
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- I don't know which is worse, banishing me to the Ludington farm or marrying me off to an Ogilvie.†
p. 44.1 *banishing = expelling or getting rid of
- Friendship is nearly entirely banished from our city.†
p. 178.2banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- We worked frantically drawing water, washing the burning bodies, and trying every herb, tea, and poultice to break the fever and banish the infection.†
p. 206.5banish = 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)