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unbar

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From Middle English unbarren, equivalent to un- + bar.

verb unbars · unbarring · unbarred

transitive To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. “No need to unbar gates to thee and me,” said the martlet, as they passed beneath the darkness of that ancient portal, carved with strange devices, and clean through the massy timbers of the bolted gate thickly riveted with silver, into the inner court.
transitive To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something).
transitive To remove a prohibition.

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@misc{unbar_2026,
  title = {unbar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unbar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}