embar

 [em-bahr]  

em·bar

   [em-bahr]
verb (used with object), em·barred, em·bar·ring.
1.
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
2.
to enclose within bars; imprison.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English embarren < Anglo-French, Middle French embarrer, equivalent to em- em-1 + barrer to bar1
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