banian (2)

The same as BANYAN (1). băn-ish, v.t. [In Ger. bannen, verbannen; O. H. Ger. bannan; Dut. verbannen; Fr. bannir, pr. par. bani ant; Port. banir; Prov. & Ital. bandire; Low Lat. bannio.] [BAN, BANDIT.] L. Literally : 1. To sentence to exile; to send away from one's country by the verdict of a judicial authority; to exile for a limited period or for life. "... therefore we banish you our territories." Shakesp. Richard II., 1. 3. 2. Reflectively: To send one's self abroad. II. Fig .: To drive out or away; to expel. "It is for wicked men only to dread God, and to endeavour to banish the thoughts of Him out of their minds."- Til lots on . "And bids the world take heart and banish fear." Cowper: The Task, bk. ii. Crabb thus distinguishes between the verbs to banish, to exile, and to expel , and between the corresponding nouns banishment , exile , and expulsion . The idea of exclusion, or coercive removal from a place, is common to these terms. ( a ) To banish and to exile are thus discriminated: -Banishment includes the removal from 428 or the prohibition of acce to some place; exile signifies the removal from one's home; to exile, therefore, is to banish , but to banish is not always to exile. Banishment follows fro in a decree of justice; exile either by the nece ity of circumstances or an order of authority. Banishment is a disgraceful punishment inflicted by tribunals upon delinquents; exile is a disgrace incurred without dishonour: exile removes us from our country; banishment drives us from it ignominiously. Ban ishment is a compulsory exercise of power which must be submitted to exile is a state into which we may go voluntarily. (b) The following is the distinction between to banish and to expel :-Banishment and expulsion both mark a disgraceful and coercive exclusion, but banishment is authoritative; it is a public act of government: expulsion is simply coercive;; it is the act of a private individual, or a small community. Banishment always supposes a removal to a distant spot, to another land; expulsion never reaches beyond a particular house or society-e.g., a university or public school, . Banishment and expulsion are likewise used in a figurative sense, although exile is not in this sense, banishment marks a distant and entire removal; expulsion a violent removal: we banish that which it is not prudent to retain-e.g., groundle hopes, fears, .; we expel that which is noxious-e.g., envy, hatred, and every evil pa ion should be expelled from the mind as disturbers of its peace. băn-ished, * băn'-ýshed, pa. par. & a. [BANISH.] băn-ish-er, s. [Eng. banish; -er.] One who banishes.] "To be full quit of those my banishers, Stand I before thee here.' Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iv. 5. băn' ish-ing, pr. par. [BANISH.]