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debar

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de·bar  (d-bär)
tr.v. de·barred, de·bar·ring, de·bars
1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

[Middle English debarren, from Old French desbarer, to unbar : des-, de- + barer, to bar (from barre, bar; see bar1).]

de·barment n.

debar
Verb
[-barring, -barred] to prevent (someone) from doing something
USAGE: See at disbar.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.debar - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
send down, rusticate - suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
2.debar - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
3.debar - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
nix, prohibit, proscribe, disallow, forbid, interdict, veto - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

debar
verb bar, exclude, prohibit, black, stop, keep out, preclude, shut out, blackball, interdict, refuse admission to
Translations
Spanish debar [dɪˈbɑːʳ] vt to debar sb from doing → prohibir a algn hacer
French debar [dɪˈbɑːʳ] vt to debar sb from a club etcexclure qn d'un club etc;
to debar sb from doing → interdire à qn de faire

German debar [dɪˈbɑːʳ] vt to debar sb from doing sth → jdn davon ausschließen, etw zu tun;
to debar sb from a club → jdn aus einem Klub ausschließen

Italian debar [dɪˈbɑːʳ] vt to debar sb from a club etcescludere qn da un club etc;
to debar sb from doing → vietare a qn di fare

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Octavie felt a little hurt; as if he wished to debar her from share and parcel in the burden of affliction which had been placed upon all of them.
And if he had been fortunate or adroit enough to conciliate the good-will of the people, he might induce them to consider as a very odious and unjustifiable restraint upon themselves, a provision which was calculated to debar them of the right of giving a fresh proof of their attachment to a favorite.
Could we be all assembled, our satisfaction would undoubtedly be more complete, but the absence of some is not to debar the others of amusement.
 
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