Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ban"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS.
bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw.
banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf.
{Banish}.]
1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ban \Ban\ (b[a^]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban,
Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public
proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr.
fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F.
ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon},
{Fame}.]
1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public
proclamation.
2. (Feudal & Mil.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the
French king's) vassals for military service; also, the
body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present
usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of
the population liable to military duty and not in the
standing army.
3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church.
See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense).
4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. ``Under ban
to touch.'' --Milton.
5. A curse or anathema. ``Hecate's ban.'' --Shak.
6. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for
offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by
one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
{Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by
which political rights and privileges, as those of a
prince, city, or district, were taken away.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ban \Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master? lord,
Per. ban.]
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of
Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ban \Ban\, v. i.
To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ban
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: {prohibition}, {interdiction},
{proscription}]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu
3: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: {banning},
{forbiddance}, {forbidding}]
4: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: {Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing}, {BAN}]
v 1: prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking
is banned in this building"
2: forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or
newspapers [syn: {censor}]
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: {banish}]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: {banish}, {ostracize},
{ostracise}, {shun}, {cast out}, {blackball}]
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