# forbar

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To bar in; to shut up.
2. To bar, fend off, ward off.
3. To exclude, deny.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/forbar