All 11 Uses of
banish
in
King Lear
- Five days we do allot thee for provision To shield thee from diseases of the world; And on the sixth to turn thy hated back Upon our kingdom: if, on the tenth day following, Thy banish'd trunk be found in our dominions, The moment is thy death.†
Scene 1.1banish'd = expelled or gotten rid ofunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
- Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.†
Scene 1.1 *banishment = to expel or get rid of
- Such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of Kent's banishment.†
Scene 1.1
- Kent banish'd thus!†
Scene 1.2banish'd = expelled or gotten rid ofunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
- —And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished!†
Scene 1.2banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what.†
Scene 1.2banishment = to expel or get rid of
- —Now, banish'd Kent, If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn'd, So may it come, thy master, whom thou lov'st, Shall find thee full of labours.†
Scene 1.4banish'd = expelled or gotten rid ofunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
- Nay, an thou canst not smile as the wind sits, thou'lt catch cold shortly: there, take my coxcomb: why, this fellow hath banish'd two on's daughters, and did the third a blessing against his will; if thou follow him, thou must needs wear my coxcomb.†
Scene 1.4
- — He said it would be thus,—poor banish'd man!†
Scene 3.4
- They say Edgar, his banished son, is with the Earl of Kent in Germany.†
Scene 4.7banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Kent, sir, the banish'd Kent; who in disguise Follow'd his enemy king and did him service Improper for a slave.†
Scene 5.2banish'd = expelled or gotten rid ofunconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled banished.
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