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Webster 1828 Edition

Thwarting

THWART'ING

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ppr.

Crossing; contravening; defeating.

THWART'ING

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Noun.

The act of crossing or frustrating.

Definition 2025

thwarting

thwarting

English

Verb

thwarting

present participle of thwart

Noun

thwarting ‎(plural thwartings)

An instance of blocking or obstructing.
- George Eliot
  […] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.