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forbar

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

verb forbars · forbarring · forbarred

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

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