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[θwɔːt], (Verb)
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- prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
(e.g: he never did anything to thwart his father)
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Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’
[θwɔːt], (Noun)
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- a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat
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Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’
[θwɔːt], (Adposition)
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- from one side to another side of (an area); across
(e.g: a pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore)
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Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’
[θwɔːt], (Adverb)
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- from one side to another side of an area
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Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’
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