debar

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEB'AR, verb transitive 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.
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