\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.