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Beware lest any name debar thee from God, the Creator of earth and heaven.

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  1. transitive verb To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. transitive verb To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

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  1. Middle English debarren, from Old French desbarer, to unbar : des-, de- + barer, to bar (from barre, bar; see bar1).

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  1. from Old French debarrer, desbarrer, desbarer, bar out, from de-, des-, privative, + barrer, bar: see bar, v., and cf. disbar.
 

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