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embarring

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em⋅bar

[em-bahr]
–verb (used with object), -barred, -bar⋅ring.
1. to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
2. to enclose within bars; imprison.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME embarren < AF, MF embarrer, equiv. to em- em- 1 + barrer to bar 1
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