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entraver

/ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

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verb/ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

to hinder; to impede; to fetter; to shackle

Synonyms: empêcher

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

verb/ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

to understand

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