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Thwarting
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thwarting.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. [Obs.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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thwarting
(wn) | thwarting
adj 1: preventing realization or attainment of a desire [syn:
frustrating, frustrative, thwarting]
n 1: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts [syn:
frustration, thwarting, foiling] |
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Thwarting
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thwarting.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. [Obs.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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Thwartingly
(gcide) | Thwartingly \Thwart"ing*ly\, adv.
In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
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