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forbar.

To bar in; to shut up.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To bar in; to shut up.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To bar, fend off, ward off.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To exclude, deny.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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