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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hinder \Hin"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hindered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Hindering}.] [OE. hindren hinderen, AS hindrian fr
hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG.
hintar?n, Icel. & Sw hindra, Dan. hindre. See {Hinder}, a.]
1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving
forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a
full stop; -- often followed by from as an accident
hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants;
to hinder me from going.
Them that were entering in ye hindered. --Luke xi
52.
I hinder you too long. --Shak.
2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out
What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of
families, from having the same right? --Locke.
Syn: To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent;
stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct;
debar; embarrass.
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