Hypertext Webster Gateway: "banned"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
banned
adj : forbidden by law [syn: {prohibited}]
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