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Thwarten

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Verb

1
To be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder ambitransitive
"It is e.g. frivolous — and in the longer run thwartens the wishes of the tax stabilizers — if accidental declines in expenditures are without much justification used for new (and more or less permanent) tasks."

Etymology

From Middle English thwertenen, equivalent to thwart + -en.

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