n.
Pronunciation: ' ban
Function: verb
Inflected Form: 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, ph ō n ē sound, voice
Date: 12th century
transitive verb
1 archaic : CURSE
2 : 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 verb archaic : to utter curses or maledictions