v. Obs.; in 3 bibarre, 6–7 bebarre. [f. BE- 1 + BAR v.] trans. To bar about; to debar.

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a. 1230.  Ancr. R., 170. Uor ȝe beoð mid Iesu Criste bitund ase ine sepulcre & bibarred.

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1581.  T. Howell, Deuises (1879), 230. Though eyes bebarred be, From that fayre sight.

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1649.  Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., 236. Neither doth the want … bebarre any man from … fruition of these earthly inheritances.

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