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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forbar en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
forbars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forbarring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forbarred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forbarred Tense=Past lexicographic