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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)