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debar verb trans. Infl. -rr-. LME.
[French debarrer, Old French desbarrer, from des- DE- 3 + barrer to bar.]
Exclude, shut out from (of) a place or condition; prevent from doing; deprive of. LME.
Shakespeare Sonnets I..that am debarr'd the benefit of rest. A. Storr This disability need not debar a man from being a conscientious and valuable priest.
Prohibit, obstruct, prevent (an action etc.). L15.
T. Spencer The dore when it is shut, debarres all entrance.
debarment noun the act of debarring, the fact of being debarred M17.