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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -banis-, *banis*, bani
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
banisHer calm words banished our fears.
banisHe tried to banish his anxiety.
banisHe was banished from the kingdom.
banisHe was banished to an island for high treason.
banisHis story will banish your fears.
banisNapoleon was banished to Elba in 1814.
banisThe ruler was overthrown and banished from the country.
banisWe banished him from the country.
banisYou will banish him.

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
banis

WordNet (3.0)
banish(v) expel from a community or group, Syn. blackball, ban, ostracise, ostracize, shun, cast out
banish(v) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment, Syn. ban
banish(v) expel, as if by official decree, Syn. bar, relegate, Example: he was banished from his own country
banish(v) drive away, Example: banish bad thoughts; banish gloom
banishment(n) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent), Syn. ostracism, Coventry, Example: the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
banishment(n) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone, Syn. proscription

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Banish

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banished p. pr. & vb. n. Banishing. ] [ OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See Ban an edict, and Finish, v. t. ] 1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. “We banish you our territories.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of. [ 1913 Webster ]

How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. “Banish all offense.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Banish, Exile, Expel. The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he is driven into banishment from his native country and home. Thus to exile is to banish, but to banish is not always to exile. To expel is to eject or banish summarily or authoritatively, and usually under circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a college; expelled from decent society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banisher

n. One who banishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banishment

n. [ Cf. F. bannissement. ] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. [ 1913 Webster ]

He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banister

n. [ A corruption of baluster. ] 1. A baluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [ Also spelled bannister. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. Sir W. Scott.

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