upbar en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ʌpˈbɑː(ɹ)/
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Etymology
From up- + bar.
Meanings
- (rare, transitive) To fasten with a bar.
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(obsolete, transitive) To remove the bar or bars of, as a gate; to unbar.
He running down , the gate to him upbar'd
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upbars | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upbarred | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upbarred | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upbarring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |