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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman debarrer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)
- (transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1964 May, “News and Comment”, in Modern Railways, page 291, photo caption:
- The Minister of Transport has debarred BR workshops from seeking orders for private owners' wagons like this [...].
- (transitive) To hinder or prevent.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- How can I then return in happy plight,
That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 218:
- She had also been so long debarred from any interchange of feelings and sentiments—so surrounded by strangers, that it was a true enjoyment to meet with one, who, if she did not enter into many of the emotions connected with it, was yet able and ready to talk of the past.
- (US, law, transitive) To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
Usage notes[edit]
- Compare disbar.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
To exclude or shut out; to bar
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Anagrams[edit]
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Same as devar.
Verb[edit]
debar (present tense debas, past tense debis, future tense debos, imperative debez, conditional debus)
- to owe (something to someone), be under obligation (to someone, for something)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of debar
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | debar | debir | debor | ||||
tense | debas | debis | debos | ||||
conditional | debus | ||||||
imperative | debez | ||||||
adjective active participle | debanta | debinta | debonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | debante | debinte | debonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | debanto | debinto | debonto | |||
plural | debanti | debinti | debonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | debata | debita | debota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | debate | debite | debote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | debato | debito | deboto | |||
plural | debati | debiti | deboti |
Paronyms[edit]
- devar (“should”)
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English debarre. Cognate with English debar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Early Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbaːr]
- (1575 Early Middle Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbɛːr], [dɛ̽ˈbɛːr]
- (1600 Late Middle Scots) IPA(key): [dɪˈbe(ː)r], [dɛ̽ˈbe(ː)r]
Verb[edit]
debar (third-person singular simple present debaris, present participle debaryng, simple past debarit/debared, past participle debarit/debared)
- (Middle Scots, transitive) to shut out
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of debar
infinitive | (to) debar | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | debar | debarit, debared |
2nd person singular | debar | debarit, debared |
3rd person singular | debaris | debarit, debared |
plural | debar | debarit, debared |
imperative | present | — |
singular | debar (ȝow)! | |
plural | debar (þow)! | |
participle | present | past |
debaryng¹ (-ing), debarand(e)² | ¹(i-, y-)debarit, ¹(i-, y-)debared | |
Note: The conjugation of verbs in Middle Scots is quite irregular and varies from region to region; this is just a proposal based on the formal verbs found in texts.
¹: Southern Middle Scots ²: Northern Middle Scots |
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