Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (?); 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.

2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)