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debar - 4 dictionary results

de⋅bar

[di-bahr]
–verb (used with object), -barred, -bar⋅ring.
1. to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
2. to hinder or prevent; prohibit: to debar an action.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF, OF desbarrer to lock out, bar. See de-, bar 1


de⋅bar⋅ment, noun


2. interdict.


1. admit. 2. permit.
de·bar   (dē-bär')   
tr.v.   de·barred, de·bar·ring, de·bars
  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

[Middle English debarren, from Old French desbarer, to unbar : des-, de- + barer, to bar (from barre, bar; see bar1).]
de·bar'ment n.

Debar

De*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. --Milton.

Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. --Buckle.

Main Entry: de·bar
Pronunciation: dE-'bär
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·barred; de·bar·ring
: to bar from having or doing something; specifically : to exclude from contracting with the federal government or a federal contractor debarred from bidding> —compare DISBARde·bar·ment noun
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