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Webster 1913 Edition


Bane

Bane

(bān)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bane
destruction, AS.
bana
murderer; akin to Icel.
bani
death, murderer, OHG.
bana
murder,
bano
murderer, Goth.
banja
stroke, wound, Gr.
φονεύσ
murderer,
φόνοσ
murder, OIr.
bath
death,
benim
I strike. √31.]
1.
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
[Obs. except in combination, as in rats
bane
, hen
bane
, etc.]
2.
Destruction; death.
[Obs.]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
bane
.
Milton.
3.
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou
bane
of bliss, and source of woe.
Herbert.
4.
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the
rot
.
Syn. – Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.

Bane

,
Verb.
T.
To be the bane of; to ruin.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bane

BANE

, n.[Gr. is to kill; in L. venenum is poison.]
Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society.

BANE

,
Verb.
T.
To poison.

Definition 2024


bañe

bañe

See also: bane, bañé, and banë

Galician

Verb

bañe

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of bañar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of bañar

Spanish

Verb

bañe

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bañar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bañar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bañar.