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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.
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debar
early 15c., "to shut out, exclude," from Fr. débarrer, from O.Fr. desbarer (12c., which, however, meant only "to unbar, unbolt," the sense turning around in Fr. as the de- was felt in a different sense), from des- (see dis-) + barrer "to bar" (see
EXPAND bar (1)). Related: Debarment (1650s); debarred (1630s).
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