ban
/ˈbæn/ verb B2- To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. · Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
- To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- To curse; to execrate.
- To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
He/she/it bans · Past banned · Past participle banned · -ing form banning
Verb forms
- Base form
- ban
- He/she/it
- bans
- Past
- banned
- Past participle
- banned
- -ing form
- banning
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And I would have you believe, my sons, that the same Justice which punishes sin may also most graciously forgive it, and that no ban is so heavy but that by prayer and repentance it may be removed.
The surgeon was Frederick Banting, a farmer's son whose medical practice in London, Ontario, was struggling.
Banting guessed that digestive juices from the rest of the organ were destroying it, and he proposed a way around the problem.
Macleod was doubtful, since Banting had little research experience, but agreed to lend him laboratory space for the summer of 1921, along with dogs for his experiments and a student assistant.
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