debar

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English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

Pronunciation

Verb

debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)

  1. (transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC:
      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.
    • 1964 May, “News and Comment”, in Modern Railways, page 291, photo caption:
      The Minister of Transport has debarred BR workshops from seeking orders for private owners' wagons like this [...].
  2. (transitive) To hinder or prevent.
  3. (US, law, transitive) 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.

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Ido

Etymology

Same as devar.

Verb

debar (present tense debas, past tense debis, future tense debos, imperative debez, conditional debus)

  1. to owe (something to someone), be under obligation (to someone, for something)

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Indonesian

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Verb

debar

  1. throb

Further reading

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English debarre. Cognate with English debar.

Pronunciation

  • (Early Scots) IPA(key):
  • (1575 Early Middle Scots) IPA(key): ,
  • (1600 Late Middle Scots) IPA(key): ,

Verb

debar

  1. (transitive) to shut out

Conjugation

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