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Embar definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMB`AR, v.t. [en and bar.] To shut, close or fasten with a bar; to make fast.
1. To inclose so as to hinder egress or escape.
When fast embarr'd in mighty brazen wall.
2. To stop; to shut from entering; to hinder; to block up.
He embarred all further trade.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Embar Em*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. --Bacon.