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| ban [ ban ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle banned, present participle ban·ning, 3rd person present singular bans) |
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1. forbid something: to forbid something officially or legally so that it cannot be done, used, seen, or read
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2. stop somebody from doing something: to forbid somebody from doing something or going somewhere
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3. history restrict rights in South Africa: during the apartheid era in South Africa, to punish somebody suspected of breaking the apartheid laws by preventing the person from moving around freely and having contact with other people
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noun (plural bans) |
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1. order forbidding something: an order officially or legally forbidding something so that it cannot be done, used, seen, or read
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2. public revilement: public condemnation of somebody or something
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archaic
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3. curse: a powerful curse on somebody
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archaic
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| [ Old English bannan "summon, proclaim" < Germanic; noun via Old French ban "summons for military duty, proclamation" < same Germanic word] |
