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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEB'AR, v.t. To cut off from entrance; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; as, we are not debarred from any rational enjoyment; religion debars us from no real pleasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
3: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English debarren, from Anglo-French debarrer, from de- + barrer to bar Date: 15th century to bar from having or doing something ; preclude • debarment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (debarred, debarring) (foll. by from) exclude from admission or from a right; prohibit from an action (was debarred from entering). Derivatives: debarment n. Etymology: ME f. F débarrer, OF desbarrer (as DE-, BAR(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Debar De*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.] 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. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(debars, debarring, debarred) If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation. (FORMAL) If found guilty, she could be debarred from politics for seven years... = ban VERB: usu passive, be V-ed from n/-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Exclude, prohibit, prevent, hinder, restrain, withhold, shut out.

Moby Thesaurus

anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bar out, barricade, bate, block, block up, blockade, bolt, chock, choke, choke off, close, close off, close tight, close up, constrict, count out, crowd, cut off, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, dog, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, estop, except, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, freeze out, help, hinder, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, jam, keep from, keep off, keep out, leave out, lock, lock out, obstruct, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pack, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, relegate, repel, repress, repudiate, rule out, save, say no to, send to Coventry, shut off, shut out, shut tight, squeeze, squeeze shut, stave off, stifle, stop up, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, suppress, suspend, taboo, turn aside, ward off