All 4 Uses of
thwart
in
Dracula
- It is a very strange thing, this sleep-walking, for as soon as her will is thwarted in any physical way, her intention, if there be any, disappears, and she yields herself almost exactly to the routine of her life.†
p. 96.9 *
- You have aided in thwarting me.†
p. 307.1
- There is grim purpose in what I do, and I warn you that you do not thwart me.†
p. 141.2
- Surely there is some horrible doom hanging over us that every possible accident should thwart us in all we try to do.†
p. 153.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(thwart as in: thwarted her plans) to prevent someone from doing what they want to do; or (less commonly) to oppose someone's efforts
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, thwart can reference a seat of a rowboat.