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forbar

forbar verb: to bar in; to shut up.

Verb

forbar (third-person singular simple present forbars, present participle forbarring, simple past and past participle forbarred)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bar in; to shut up.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bar, fend off, ward off.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To exclude, deny.

Forms of forbar

third-person singular presentforbars
present participleforbarring
past participleforbarred
pastforbarred

Origin of forbar

From Middle English forbarren (“to bar, bar up, block”), equivalent to for- + bar. Compare Middle High German verbarren (“to forbar”).

Questions about forbar

What does forbar mean?
Forbar means to bar in; to shut up.
What part of speech is forbar?
Forbar is a verb.
What is the past tense of forbar?
The past tense of forbar is forbarred.

Words near forbar in the dictionary

  1. forbanished
  2. forbanishes
  3. forbanishing
  4. forbanned
  5. forbanning
  6. forbar
  7. forbare
  8. forbarred
  9. forbars
  10. forbathe
  11. forbear

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