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Webster 1913 Edition


Debar

De-bar′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Debar

DEB'AR

,
Verb.
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.

DEB'AR

K,
Verb.
T.
To land from a ship or boat; to remove from on board any water-craft, and place on land; to disembark; as, to debark artillery.
DEBARKA'TION, n. The act of disembarking.

DEB'AR

KED,
pp.
Removed to land from on board a ship or boat.

DEB'AR

KING,
ppr.
Removing from a ship to the land; going from on board a vessel.

DEB'AR

RED,
pp.
Hindered from approach, entrance or possession.

DEB'AR

RING,
ppr.
Preventing from approach, entrance or enjoyment.
DEBA'SE, v.t.