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embar

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[em-bahr] / ɛmˈbɑr /

verb (used with object)

embarred, embarring

  1. to stop or hinder, as by a bar.

  2. to enclose within bars; imprison.

Etymology

Origin of embar

1425–75; late Middle English embarren < Anglo-French, Middle French embarrer, equivalent to em- em- 1 + barrer to bar 1

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