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Thwart v. t. (past & past part. thwarted; pres. part. thwarting)

To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. (Obs.) "Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night."

To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. "If crooked fortune had not thwarted me." "The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other."

Thwart v. i.

To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. (R.)

Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. (R.) "Any proposition... that shall at all thwart with internal oracles."

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... Henry's life were full of domestic trouble. He had always found it an easier matter to rule his kingdom than his household. His sons were for ever thwarting his will and quarrelling with each other. It was his desire to secure the succession to the crown for his eldest son Henry, and to this end he had caused him to be crowned by the Archbishop of York (14th June, 1170), who was thereupon declared ...

— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe

... such as I had calculated upon; and, to increase my distress, my parents had been at variance. I will not pain you and myself with any recital of their disagreement. My mother had espoused my cause, chiefly, I fear, with the view of thwarting my poor father's inclinations. He was in a terrible mood, exasperated by the fiery stimulants he had swallowed, which had not indeed, drowned his reason, but roused and inflamed every dormant emotion ...

— Rookwood • William Harrison Ainsworth

... Parliament maintains its supremacy throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire. It is of course perfectly true that Parliament having once given representative institutions to a colony, does not dream of habitually overriding or thwarting Colonial legislation. But it were a gross error to suppose that Colonial recognition of British sovereignty is a mere form. It is in the main cheerfully acquiesced in by the people of Victoria, because they gain considerable prestige and no small material advantage from forming part of the ...

— England's Case Against Home Rule • Albert Venn Dicey

... succession of strongly fortified positions." While this was going on in the north, General Lamothe was extending and strengthening, by means of pacific negotiations, the influence of the Great Chiefs in the south, and other agents of the Residency were engaged in watching and thwarting the incessant German intrigues in the ...

— In Morocco • Edith Wharton

... was to him, we saw, a matter to be taken on faith. His paternal heart was slightly perturbed by a railing that ran round the top of the stairs. This railing, he feared, was so built that small and impetuous children would assuredly fall headlong through it, and we discussed means of thwarting such catastrophe. But upstairs we found the room that caused our guest to glimmer with innocent cheer. It had tall casement windows looking out upon a quiet glimpse of trees. It had a raised recess, very apt for a bust of Pallas. It had space for bookcases. And then, on the ...

— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley

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