English Explanatory Dictionary

forbar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

forbar forbars forbarring forbarred

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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