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

Usage

See disbar

Derived Forms

• deˈbarment, noun

Other Words From

• de·barment noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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