different between debar vs ostracise

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)

1. (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.
2. (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?

3. (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)

1. to owe (something to someone), be under obligation (to someone, for something)

Conjugation

Paronyms

• devar (“should”)

English

Verb

ostracise (third-person singular simple present ostracises, present participle ostracising, simple past and past participle ostracised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize.

Anagrams

• Croatises, Socratise

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ostracisent, ostracises

Verb

ostracise

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
2. third-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
5. second-person singular imperative of ostraciser