imbar
verb/ɪmˈbɑː(ɹ)/
Etymology From im- + bar.
1
Obsolete To bar in; to secure with, or as if with, bars.
- to imbar their crooked titles1599 (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 imbarred1605, 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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