ban vs wear

ban

verb
  • To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. 

  • To curse; to utter curses or maledictions. 

  • To curse; to execrate. 

  • To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. 

noun
  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu. 

  • A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit. 

  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. 

  • The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word. 

  • Prohibition. 

  • A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. 

  • A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. 

  • A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. 

wear

verb
  • To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel. 

  • To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use. 

  • (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience. 

  • To pass slowly, gradually or tediously. 

  • To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. 

  • To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn. 

  • To defend; protect. 

  • To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. 

  • To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. 

  • To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation. 

  • To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use. 

  • To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary. 

  • To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate. 

  • To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion. 

  • To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety. 

noun
  • damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time 

  • (in combination) clothing 

  • fashion 

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