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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ban
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ban \Ban\ (b[a^]n), n.
A kind of fine muslin, made in the East Indies from the fiber
of the banana leaf stalks.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (b[a^]nd); 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.
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2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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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.
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3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church.
See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
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4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. "Under ban
to touch." --Milton.
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5. A curse or anathema. "Hecate's ban." --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ban \Ban\, v. i.
To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
BAN, A proclamation, or public notice any summons or edict by which a thing
is forbidden or commanded. Vide Bans of Matrimony; Proclamation; Cowell's
Interp.
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Thesaurus Results for ban:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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