entraver

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from en- + tref, or borrowed from Old Occitan entravar, from trau, from Latin trabem.

Verb[edit]

entraver

  1. to hinder; to impede
    Synonym: empêcher
  2. to fetter; to shackle

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old French enterver (understand) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre (to ask, question), present active infinitive of interrogō. Doublet of interroger.

Verb[edit]

entraver

  1. (slang, dated) to understand
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