obsta principiis

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  1. Withstand the beginnings — that is, resist the first insidious approaches of anything dangerous or evil.

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  1. L. (Ovid, Rem. Amor., 91): obsta, 2d person singular imp. of obstare, withstand; principiis, dative of principium, beginning.
 

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