embar
American
[em-bahr]
/ ɛmˈbɑr /
verb (used with object)
embarred,
embarring
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to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
-
to enclose within bars; imprison.
Etymology
Origin of embar
1425–75; late Middle English embarren < Anglo-French, Middle French embarrer, equivalent to em- em- 1 + barrer to bar 1
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