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debar

[ 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.

    Antonyms: admit

  2. to hinder or prevent; prohibit:

    to debar an action.

    Synonyms: interdict

    Antonyms: permit



debar

/ dɪˈbɑː /

verb

  1. trusually foll byfrom to exclude from a place, a right, etc; bar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

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Derived Forms

  • deˈbarment, noun
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Other Words From

  • de·barment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debar1

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

At the same time, two reasons debar me from laying further stress upon this line of argument.

This deficiency in technique must even debar him from claiming any higher signification than that of a clever dilettante.

(This, as with place, would debar it from being ranked among the primary genera, which are simple).

He need not, for what had taken place between them, debar himself entirely of the delight of her society, he might—?

Even the stain of imputation, however undeserved, provided it gained popular credence, could debar one from its numbers.

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