Going before; preceding.
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of Blockade
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of Blockade
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of Clog
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of Clog
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Serving to deter.
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Serving to deter.
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of Frustrate
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of Frustrate
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Tending to defeat; fallacious.
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Tending to defeat; fallacious.
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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
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of Hinder
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of Hinder
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of Impede
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of Impede
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Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.
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Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.
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of Obviate
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of Obviate
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Precautionary.
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Precautionary.
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Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.
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Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals.
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Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.
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Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering.
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Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.
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Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.
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That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
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That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
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Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
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Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.
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of Thwart
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of Thwart
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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
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To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
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A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
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An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
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The peel or skin.
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A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
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One who, or that which, rubs.
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Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…
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The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
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Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.
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Care, heed, or attention.
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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
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That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
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One who obstructs or hinders.
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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
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That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…
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Alt. of Therapeutical
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of Forbid
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of Forbid
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To care; to desire.
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To care; to desire.
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Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
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Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
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That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
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Same as Hindrance.
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The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
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A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.
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The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…
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That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
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A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
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