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See also: Debar

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From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

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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, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] 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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Etymology

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Same as devar.

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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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debar

  1. throb

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Middle Scots

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English debarre. Cognate with English debar.

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  • (Early Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbaːr]
  • (1575 Early Middle Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbɛːr], [dɛ̽ˈbɛːr]
  • (1600 Late Middle Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbe(ː)r], [dɛ̽ˈbe(ː)r]

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debar

  1. (transitive) to shut out

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