From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
banned
adj : forbidden by law [syn: prohibited]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banned (b[a^]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.
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2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.
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