forbar

English

Etymology

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