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Meaning Of Thwart
a.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
a.
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
a.
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
prep.
Across; athwart.
n.
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
v. t.
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
v. t.
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
v. i.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
v. i.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
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