4 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
- But Nat is banished from Wethersfield.p. 169.4
- Goody Harrison was banished from the colony.p. 203.1
- He was halfway down the river, and banished from town as well.p. 203.7
- The one who was banished for setting fire to houses?p. 222.9
There are no more uses of "banish" in The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
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