2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right Locke.
Syn. — To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.
HINDER
Hin"der, v. i.
Defn: To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden.
HINDERANCE
Hin"der*ance. n.
Defn: Same as Hindrance.
HINDERER
Hin"der*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, hinders.
HINDEREST
Hind"er*est, a.
Defn: Hindermost; — superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.