"thwarten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: thwartens [present, singular, third-person], thwartening [participle, present], thwartened [participle, past], thwartened [past]
Etymology: From Middle English thwertenen, equivalent to thwart + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thwertenen}} Middle English thwertenen, {{suffix|en|thwart|en|id2=inchoative}} thwart + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} thwarten (third-person singular simple present thwartens, present participle thwartening, simple past and past participle thwartened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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