ban

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

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

3. (transitive) To curse; to execrate.Examples: "They will curse and ban[…]even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite."transitive

4. (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.Examples: "Bare feet are banned in this establishment."; "To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned"; "Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years."transitive

5. (ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.Examples: ":“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”"ambitransitive