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debar
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman debarrer
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??b??(?)/
Verb
debar (third-person singular simple present debars, present participle debarring, simple past and past participle debarred)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) to hinder or prevent.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- How can I then return in happy plight,
- That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- (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
- Sense 2 is not to be confused with disbar.
Derived terms
- debarment
Translations
Anagrams
- Bader, Beard, Breda, Debra, arbed, ardeb, bared, beard, bread
Ido
Etymology
Same as devar.
Verb
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
Paronyms
- devar (“should”)
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blackball
English
Etymology
black +? ball
Pronunciation
- enPR: bl?k'bôl', IPA(key): /?blækb??l/
Noun
blackball (countable and uncountable, plural blackballs)
- (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- (countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
- A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
- Synonym: reds and yellows
Verb
blackball (third-person singular simple present blackballs, present participle blackballing, simple past and past participle blackballed)
- (transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
- (transitive) To ostracize.
- Synonyms: blacklist, send to Coventry; see also Thesaurus:ignore, Thesaurus:boycott
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