- (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.
- (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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