† embarmentn.
Obsolete.
The action of embar v.; an embargo, prohibition, hindrance.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition
forbodea1000
nayc1390
negativec1400
restraint1439
non1551
countermandment1560
countermand1581
estoppel1583
forbid1602
embarment1606
embargo1692
don'ta1826
forbiddance1855
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > that which
lockeOE
floodgatec1230
stopc1508
staya1533
snub1581
prevention1584
embarment1606
allay1607
spar1614
counterchecka1616
gag1618
preventivea1639
check1661
preventative1691
embargo1692
closed door1934
policeman1951
block-
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xcvii. 387 But many yeeres twixt them and vs hath been Imbarment.
1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. 33 No imbarment remained but remembrance of the Marquesse.
1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 41 We little feare..the Imbarments of any Prince.
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