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, 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.
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