de·bar

[dih-bahr]
verb (used with object), de·barred, de·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 Middle English < Middle French, Old French 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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debar (dɪˈbɑː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (usually foll by from) , -bars, -barring, -barred
to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar
 
 
de'barment
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

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
bar (1)). Related: Debarment (1650s); debarred (1630s).
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