Definition of thwart

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Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

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Travers :: Travers (a.) Across; athwart.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Spite :: Spite (v. t.) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
Overthwartness :: Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
Contrarry :: Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.
Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..
Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely..
Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.
Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..
Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..
Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.
Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..
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