debarrass
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French débarrasser
Pronunciation
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Verb
debarrass (third-person singular simple present debarrasses, present participle debarrassing, simple past and past participle debarrassed)
- (dated, transitive) To disembarrass, disentangle, or free from.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter X, page 156-157
- Miss Gryce snored at last: […] I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter X, page 156-157