English Explanatory Dictionary

forban

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To exile; banish.

Word forms

forban forbans forbanning forbanned

Etymology

From Middle English forbannen, partly from Middle English for- + bannen, equivalent to for- + ban; and partly from Old French forbenir (“to banish”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbonne (“to banish”), West Frisian ferbanne (“to banish”), Dutch verbannen (“to banish”), German Low German verbannen (“to banish”), German verbannen (“to banish”), Swedish förbanna (“to curse, damn”).

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