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Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barred} (b[aum]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Barring}.] [ F. barrer. See {Bar}, n.]
1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
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2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to
obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance
of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars
my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the
plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
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He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
to bar it in its dungeon. --Hawthorne.
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3. To except; to exclude by exception.
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Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
By what we do to-night. --Shak.
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4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
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For the sake of distinguishing the feet more
clearly, I have barred them singly. --Burney.
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barring \bar"ring\ n.
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.

Syn: blackball.
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