hinder

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"'Cept de Lord above, dere no one can hinder -- now massa so fur.

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  1. transitive verb To be or get in the way of.
  2. transitive verb To obstruct or delay the progress of.
  3. intransitive verb To interfere with action or progress.

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  1. Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian; see ko- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English hindere, hindre, adjective, from Anglo-Saxon *hindera (not found except as in comp.) (= Old High German hintaro, hindero, Middle High German G. hinterer = Icelandic hindri), adjective, hinder, from hinder, adverb, back, behind, down, = Old High German hintar, Middle High German hinter, hinder, German hinter = Gothic (Moesogothic) hindar, preposition, behind; orig. neuter accusative comparative in -der (= -ther, -ter, as in ne-ther, af-ter, etc.) from the base hin- in Anglo-Saxon heon-an, English hen, hen-ce, q. v., Anglo-Saxon superlative hin- du-ma, hindmost (see hindmost), and in Anglo-Saxon hind-an, at the back, behind, be-hindan, behind (see behind), = Old High German hintana, Middle High German hinden, German hinten, adverb, behind, = Gothic (Moesogothic) hindana, preposition, behind, beyond (the base hind- in these forms being due to the comparative regarded as hind-er, etc.): see hen, hence, and behind. Hence the later positive hind, and the verbs hinder, hinder.
  2. from hinder, adjective Cf. hinder, v.
  3. from Middle English hinderen, hindren, from Anglo-Saxon hindrian (= OFries. hinderia = Dutch hinderen = Old High German hindarōn, hinderen, Middle High German G. hindern = Icelandic hindra = Swedish hindra = Danish hindre, hinder), from hinder, adverb, back, behind: see hinder and hind.
 

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