Hypertext Webster Gateway: "debar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
debar
v 1: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: {suspend}]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
a strike" [syn: {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}, {exclude}]
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