debarred
debarred is the simple past and past participle of debar.
Meaning of debar
Verb
debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)
- To exclude or shut out; to bar.
- 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.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- preclude
- To hinder or prevent.
- How can I then return in happy plight,
That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?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,
- 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.
Words formed from debarred
Questions about debarred
- What is debarred the simple past and past participle of?
- Debarred is the simple past and past participle of debar.
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