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Definition of Thwarts
Thwart Thwart Thwart, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
Thwart Thwart Thwart, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
Thwart 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.]
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the
night. --Milton.
2. 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. --Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.