Antonyms for banishes


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ban-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn ɪʃ


Definition of banishes

Origin :
  • late 14c., banischen, from banniss-, extended stem of Old French banir "announce, proclaim; levy; forbid; banish, proclaim an outlaw," from a Germanic source (perhaps Frankish *bannjan "to order or prohibit under penalty"), or from Vulgar Latin cognate *bannire (see bandit). Related: Banished; banishing.
  • verb expel from place or situation
Example sentences :
  • Abolishes the Church of England, and banishes its adherents.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Edgerton Ryerson
  • There is a ring of sincerity in your voice, my dear, that banishes doubt.
  • Extract from : « Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly » by David Bryant Fulton
  • The sign of the cross on the forehead and heart, says Prudentius, banishes all evil.
  • Extract from : « The Catacombs of Rome » by William Henry Withrow
  • Faith and knowledge of the Son of God it banishes as dreams of our childhood.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians » by G. G. Findlay
  • England has reached this point that she now banishes exiles.'
  • Extract from : « Victor Hugo: His Life and Works » by G. Barnett Smith
  • Or is that city to be valued much that banishes all her good and wise men?
  • Extract from : « Cicero's Tusculan Disputations » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • If clouds arise, she banishes them with the magic of her poise and amiability.
  • Extract from : « The Reconstructed School » by Francis B. Pearson
  • She drugged the wine with an herb that banishes all care, sorrow, and ill humour.
  • Extract from : « The Odyssey » by Homer
  • It banishes pain, sickness, weakness, and cheats death of his prey.
  • Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • He banishes his false conceptions of the grandeur of the human mind.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Censer » by John McGovern

Synonyms for banishes

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