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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·bar       [di-bahr] Pronunciation Key
–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-, bar1]

—Related forms
de·bar·ment, noun

—Synonyms 2. interdict.
—Antonyms 1. admit. 2. permit.
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de·bar       (dē-bär')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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debar

verb
1. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend] 
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" 
3. prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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