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Debar

//dɪˈbɑː(ɹ)// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in western North Macedonia.
Verb
  1. 1
    To exclude or shut out; to bar. transitive

    "As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear."

  2. 2
    prevent from entering; keep out wordnet
  3. 3
    To hinder or prevent. transitive

    "How can I then return in happy plight, That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?"

  4. 4
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off wordnet
  5. 5
    To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program. US, transitive
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  1. 6
    bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

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