EMBAR

Etymology

Verb

embar (third-person singular simple present embars, present participle embarring, simple past and past participle embarred)

(archaic, transitive) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.

(obsolete, transitive) To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).

Anagrams

• Amber, Brame, amber, bemar, brame, bream

Source: Wiktionary


Em*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]

1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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