abarrarsi
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[edit]abarràrsi (first-person singular present mi abàrro, first-person singular past historic mi abarrài, past participle abarràto)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of abbarrarsi: to barricade oneself
- 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro tredecimo [Thirteenth Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle][1], published 1991, section XVII: Come la città di Firenze si levò a romore, e cacciaronne il duca d’Atene che·nn’era signore.:
- A questo romore le contrade di Roma s’abarraro, ciascuno colle sue forze e fortezze
- At this utterance, the quarters of Rome barricaded themselves, each one with its own forces and fortifications