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ban

1  [ban] verb, banned, ban⋅ning, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
2. Archaic.
a. to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
b. to curse; execrate.
–noun
3. the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
4. informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.
5. Law.
a. a proclamation.
b. a public condemnation.
6. Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.
7. a malediction; curse.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bannen, OE bannan to summon, proclaim; c. ON banna to curse (prob. influencing some senses of ME word), OHG bannan; akin to L fārī to speak, Skt bhanati (he) speaks

Related forms:
ban⋅na⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. taboo, outlaw, proscribe. 3. prohibition, proscription, interdict. 3, 4. taboo.

Antonyms:
1. allow.
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ban 1   (bān)   
tr.v.   banned, ban·ning, bans
  1. To prohibit, especially by official decree: The city council banned billboards on most streets. See Synonyms at forbid.
  2. South African Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  3. Archaic To curse.
n.  
  1. An excommunication or condemnation by church officials.
  2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree: a ban on cigarette smoking on airplanes.
  3. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  4. A curse; an imprecation.
  5. A summons to arms in feudal times.

[Middle English bannen, to summon, banish, curse, from Old English bannan, to summon, and from Old Norse banna, to prohibit, curse; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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