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banned

Main Entry:: ¹ban
Pronunciation:: \ˈban\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: banned; ban·ning
Etymology:: Middle English bannen to summon, curse, from Old English bannan to summon; akin to Old High German bannan to command, Latin fari to speak, Greek phanai to say, phōnē sound, voice
Date:: 12th century

transitive verb1archaic : curse2: to prohibit especially by legal means <ban discrimination>; also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of <ban a book> <ban a pesticide>3: bar 3c <banned from the U.N.>intransitive verbarchaic : to utter curses or maledictions

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