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imbar en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈbɑː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From im- + bar.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To bar in; to secure with, or as if with, bars.
   • to imbar their crooked titles 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
   • intercourse of learning and knowledge was chiefly imbarred 1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 29, recto:

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