Banned

1ban pronunciation: function: verb inflected form(s): banned; ban;ningetymology: middle english bannen to summon, curse, from old english bannan to summon; akin to old high german bannan to command, latin fari to speak, greek phanai to say, phōnē sound, voicedate: 12th centurytransitive verb 1 archaic : curse2 : to prohibit especially by legal means lt;ban discriminationgt;; also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of lt;ban a bookgt; lt;ban a pesticidegt;3 : bar 3c lt;banned from the u.n.gt;intransitive verb archaic : to utter curses or maledictions