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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bane \Bane\, v. t. To be the bane of to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bane \Bane\ (b[=a]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. [root]31.] 1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bane n : something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: {curse}, {scourge}, {nemesis}]
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