[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ban \ban\, v. t. imp.  p. p. banned ba^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.
      1913 webster

   2. to forbid; to interdict. --byron.
      1913 webster
see also:
banned banning ban banish 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ban \ban\ ba^n, n.
   a kind of fine muslin, made in the east indies from the fiber
   of the banana leaf stalks.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ban \ban\ ba^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. root86. cf. abandon,
   fame.
   1. a public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
      mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public
      proclamation.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church.
      see banns the common spelling in this sense.
      1913 webster

   4. an interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. "under ban
      to touch." --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. a curse or anathema. "hecate's ban." --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
abandon fame banns ban of the empire 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ban \ban\, v. i.
   to curse; to swear. obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster

[5] : 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.
   1913 webster

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ban
     n 1: a decree that prohibits something syn: prohibition, proscription
     2: 100 bani equal 1 leu
     3: 100 bani equal 1 leu
     4: an official prohibition or edict against something syn: banning,
         forbiddance, forbidding
     5: a bachelor's degree in nursing syn: bachelor of arts in
        nursing
     v 1: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
          "smoking is banned in this building"
     2: forbid the public distribution of  a movie or a newspaper
        syn: censor
     3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment syn: banish
     4: expel from a community or group syn: banish, ostracize,
         ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
     also: banning, banned, bani pl
see also:
prohibition proscription banning forbiddance forbidding bachelor of arts in nursing 
censor banish ostracize ostracise shun 
cast out blackball banned bani 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

219 moby thesaurus words for "ban":
   eighteenth amendment, prohibition party, volstead act, abscind,
   amputate, anathema, annihilate, banish, banishment, bar, bar out,
   barring, blackball, blackballing, blacklist, blasphemy, blockade,
   bob, boycott, boycottage, cast out, categorically reject,
   circumscription, clip, commination, complaint, contraband,
   count out, crop, cull, curse, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out,
   damnation, debar, debarment, debarring, demarcation, denial,
   denunciation, deny, deport, dim view, disagreement, disallow,
   disallowance, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval,
   disapprove, disapprove of, discontent, discontentedness,
   discontentment, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disfellowship,
   disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, displeasure,
   disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissent, dissent from, distaste, dock,
   eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, evil eye, except,
   exception, excise, exclude, exclude from, exclusion, excommunicate,
   excommunication, execration, exile, expatriate, expel, extinguish,
   extirpate, extradite, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden fruit,
   forbidding, freeze out, frown at, frown down, frown upon, fugitate,
   fulmination, grimace at, hex, ignore, imprecation, inadmissibility,
   index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum,
   indignation, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict,
   interdiction, interdictum, isolate, keep out, knock off, law,
   leave out, lock out, lockout, look askance at, look black upon,
   lop, low estimation, low opinion, malison, malocchio, mutilate,
   narrowing, nip, no-no, nonadmission, not approve, not go for,
   not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, objection, omission,
   omit, oppose, opposition, opposure, ostracism, ostracization,
   ostracize, outlaw, pare, pass over, peel, pick out, preclude,
   preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibition,
   prohibitory injunction, proscribe, proscription, protest, prune,
   refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repress,
   repression, repudiate, repudiation, restriction,
   restrictive covenants, root out, rule out, ruling out, rusticate,
   say no to, send away, send down, send to coventry, set apart,
   set aside, shave, shear, shut out, snub, spurn, stamp out, statute,
   strike off, strip, strip off, sumptuary laws, suppress,
   suppression, taboo, take exception to, take off, take out,
   think ill of, think little of, thrust out, thumb down, thumbs-down,
   thundering, transport, truncate, unhappiness, view with disfavor,
   whammy, wipe out, zoning, zoning laws

[8] : 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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