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banned

[ban]

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verb (used with object)

to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.

Archaic.

to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.

to curse; execrate.

noun

the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.

informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.

Law.

a proclamation.

a public condemnation.

Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.

a malediction; curse.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī to speak, Sanskrit bhanati (he) speaks

Related forms

ban·na·ble, adjective

un·banned, adjective

Can be confused: band, banned.

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

Antonyms
1. allow.

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Word Origin & History

ban

"edict of prohibition," from ban (v.). O.E. (ge)bann meant "proclamation, summons, command."