debarrass

English

Etymology

French débarrasser

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbæɹəs/

Verb

debarrass (third-person singular simple present debarrasses, present participle debarrassing, simple past and past participle debarrassed)

1. (dated, transitive) To disembarrass, disentangle, or free from.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter X, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, pages 156–157:

     Miss Gryce snored at last: […] I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.