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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)
- (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 [...].
- (transitive) To hinder or prevent.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. , volume III, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 218:She had also been so long debarred from any interchange of feelings and sentiments—so surrounded by strangers, that it was a true enjoyment to meet with one, who, if she did not enter into many of the emotions connected with it, was yet able and ready to talk of the past.
- (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.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
To exclude or shut out; to bar
Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
Same as devar.
Verb
debar (present tense debas, past tense debis, future tense debos, imperative debez, conditional debus)
- to owe (something to someone), be under obligation (to someone, for something)
Conjugation
Paronyms
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Verb
debar
- throb
Further reading
Middle Scots
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
- (transitive) to shut out
Conjugation
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