Debar

Definition of Debar

De`bar´
v. t.1.To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; - with from, and sometimes with of.
[imp. & p. p. Debarred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.]
Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment.
- Milton.
Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life.
- Buckle.

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