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forbar

The English word “forbar” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

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

Etymology

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

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