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imbarring

imbarring is the present participle and gerund of imbar.

Meaning of imbar

Verb

imbar (third-person singular simple present imbars, present participle imbarring, simple past and past participle imbarred)

  1. (obsolete) To bar in; to secure with, or as if with, bars.
    • to imbar their crooked titles1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about imbarring

What is imbarring the present participle and gerund of?
Imbarring is the present participle and gerund of imbar.

Words near imbarring in the dictionary

  1. imbarns
  2. imbarrass
  3. imbarrassment
  4. imbarrassments
  5. imbarred
  6. imbarring
  7. imbars
  8. imbase
  9. imbased
  10. imbases
  11. imbasing

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