WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
em•bar  (em bär′),USA pronunciation v.t., -barred, -bar•ring. 
  1. to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
  2. to enclose within bars;
    imprison.
  • Anglo-French, Middle French embarrer, equivalent. to em- em-1 + barrer to bar1
  • late Middle English embarren 1425–75

'embar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
disembarrass - embarrass - preembargo - preembarrass - preembarrassment - unembarrassable - unembarrassed

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