debar

[ dih-bahr ]
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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 of debar

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French, Old French desbarrer to lock out, bar. See de-, bar1

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Other words from debar

  • de·bar·ment, noun

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How to use debar in a sentence

  • The most noticeable of its defects is its thin skin which bursts easily, thus wholly debarring it from distant markets.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • The doctor will restore you to your marriage bed with the same arguments that he used in debarring you.

  • They consider the oath as debarring in the one case and not p. 384in the other.

  • No,” he said; “that would be debarring myself from escaping.

    Commodore Junk | George Manville Fenn
  • His parents were Roman Catholics, and to this faith the poet adhered, thus debarring himself from public office and employment.

    An Essay on Criticism | Alexander Pope

British Dictionary definitions for debar

debar

/ (dɪˈbɑː) /


verb-bars, -barring or -barred
  1. (tr usually foll by from) to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar

debar

See disbar

Derived forms of debar

  • debarment, noun

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