Banish /(băn"ĭsh)/

Ban·ish

Banish

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Banished; p. pr. & vb. n. Banishing

  1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
  2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.
    How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland.
    — Blair.
  3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.