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forebar

forebar is the alternative form of forbar.

Meaning of forbar

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 forebar

third-person singular presentforebars
present participleforebarring
past participleforebarred
pastforebarred

Origin of forebar

From fore- + bar.

Questions about forebar

What is forebar the alternative form of?
Forebar is the alternative form of forbar.

Words near forebar in the dictionary

  1. forearmed
  2. forearming
  3. forearms
  4. foreassign
  5. foreassigned
  6. forebar
  7. forebay
  8. forebays
  9. forebeach
  10. forebeaches
  11. forebeam

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