debar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: debar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for debar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debar v bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" Synonym(s): bar, debar, exclude
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debar \Debar"\, 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.