In various modified uses. figurative. To exclude, keep back, hinder, restrain. Now chiefly of circumstances, conditions, etc.: To constitute a…

to bar by running.

transitive. To hinder, obstruct, prevent, prohibit (an action, event, etc.); to withhold (a thing).

transitive (a) to precede, to arrive ahead of; (b) to prevent.

Const. infinitive or clause: To prevent. Obsolete.

To hinder, prevent. (With dir. object, clause, or accusative and inf.) Obsolete.

To anticipate or forestall. transitive. To anticipate, take precautions against (a danger, evil, etc.); (hence) to prevent, frustrate, evade.

transitive. = suppress, v. (in various senses).

transitive. To hinder, stop, prevent, thwart. an action, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To prevent from doing something. Also with infinitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To preclude the occurrence of (an anticipated event, state, etc.); to render (an intended, possible, or likely action or event)…

transitive. To prevent or try to prevent (an action, practice, behaviour, etc.) by expressing disapproval or creating difficulties; to hinder or…

transitive. With following negative expressed or implied: to command or compel (a person or thing) to refrain from doing something; to ensure that…

Law. To bar, hinder, preclude. Const. from, to with infinitive = estop, v. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To hinder, prevent, stop. Const. infinitive or that with not. Also in deprecatory phrase God forlet it!

To stop, hinder, prevent, prohibit (an action or event).

A secondary or subsidiary object, course, or undertaking; a side issue; something of minor importance: chiefly contrasted with main; whence phr. to…

transitive. To exclude, shut out, prevent, stop; = debar, v.

To exclude from access, intercourse, view, etc.; to shut out; to debar. spec. To deprive of communication by telephone or telegraph; to…

To oppose a barrier to; to arrest, stop; to interrupt. Also, to impede (commerce) by an embargo. archaic or Obsolete.

Hence gen. To hinder, obstruct, or prevent by anticipation. Now rare; cf. 5.

transitive. To prevent, frustrate.

gen. To frustrate, reduce to nought, put an end to, abolish.

transitive. To block the path of (a person); to obstruct (an activity); to impede, to intercept. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Medicine and Physiology. transitive. More generally: to inhibit or prevent (a physiological or pathological process, function, phenomenon, etc.)…

transitive. To come before; to prevent.

To keep off, prevent.

transitive. To hinder, prevent.

Scots Law. To intercept, cut off, prevent.

? To obstruct (progress).

gen. To stop, prevent. rare.

transitive. U.S. To prevent (a person) from doing something as planned; to block a plan or action. Obsolete.

transitive. To render invalid or ineffective; to preclude; to prevent (an anticipated occurrence), esp. by taking particular action; to take such…

To prevent or inhibit.