verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To fasten with a bar. rare, transitive
2. 2
   To remove the bar or bars of, as a gate; to unbar. obsolete, transitive

   "He running down , the gate to him upbar'd"

Example

More examples

"He running down , the gate to him upbar'd"

Etymology

From up- + bar.

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