English Dictionary

ban

/bæn/

verb

(transitive, obsolete) To summon; to call out. / (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. / (transitive) To curse; to execrate.

The government decided to ban smoking in public places.

意味（1）

(transitive, obsolete) To summon; to call out.

意味（2）

(transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.

意味（3）

(transitive) To curse; to execrate.

They will curse and ban[…]even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite.

意味（4）

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned

意味（5）

(transitive, intransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.

{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=:“I seldom ban, sir,” said he to the man; “but if you play any of your hound's-foot tricks, and leave puir Berwick before he's sorted, to rin after spuilzie, deil be wi' me if I do not give your craig a thraw”