debar

Definition

To exclude or shut out; to bar.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "The Minister of Transport has debarred BR workshops from seeking orders for private owners' wagons like this [...]."
• "How can I then return in happy plight, That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?"