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Forbar

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To bar in; to shut up. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To bar, fend off, ward off. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To exclude, deny. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English forbarren (“to bar, bar up, block”), equivalent to for- + bar. Compare Middle High German verbarren (“to forbar”).

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