Crossword clues for debarred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: debar)
WordNet
See debar
v. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend]
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, exclude]
Usage examples of "debarred".
He was rich, but he was so unfortunate as to be still fond of women at the age of seventy, while his impotence debarred him from the proper enjoyment of their society.
Vexed and annoyed, I placed her in such a position that she found herself at bay, but, making a violent effort, she managed to change her position and debarred me from making any further attempts.
He explained, however, that he was expressly debarred from calling on his sister, even between the hours of half-past nine and half-past twelve on Wednesday mornings, and that he could not see her at all unless he did so surreptitiously.
Martha knew all this, and knew also that Miss Dorothy, though her mother lived in a very little cottage, was not altogether debarred, in the matter of followers, from the privileges of a lady.
But when debarred these vicarious pleasures by what seemed to her to be the caprice of her guests, she would be offended.
I will go into the house of no man in which the free expression of my opinion is debarred me.
She replied that she was debarred from accepting any money by her vow of poverty and obedience, and that she had given up to the abbess what remained of the alms the bishop had procured her.
Lord Aveleyn immediately obeyed the summons, and perceiving at the first glance that Forster's situation debarred all chance of recovery, took upon himself with willingness the charge of the letter, and promised to receive Amber into his house until it was convenient that she should be removed.
Her ignorance of technique debarred her from making a name for herself as a painter, but she could probably draw as well as anyone in the kingdom.
I had enjoyed many a pleasant evening there, but now being debarred from gastronomic delights I did not accompany Johnny and Sue inside.
Yet, again, all that I knew of dreams debarred me from putting any real hope in such a joyous prospect.
That the Navy Office should be buried in mud, and quite debarred from approach, was to be expected.
When the Constitution was written Jefferson was in France, having been sent thither as minister from the United States, and he therefore was debarred from concerning himself personally in the matter.
I remember once,' he said,--and as he spoke he again put his arm around her waist, 'when I was debarred from taking office, by a domestic circumstance.
He should have felt himself to be debarred from writing to you, both as being my wife and as being the wife of the man whom he intends to oppose at Silverbridge.