obstruct
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Obstruct a movement that the baby is making, and additional force is put into the movement to overcome the obstruction.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
But if the armipotent, or god of light, Obstruct Achilles, or commence the fight.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
Should nature's frame in ruins fall, And chaos o'er the sinking ball Resume the primeval sway, His courage chance and fate defies, Nor feels the wreck of earth and skies Obstruct its destined way.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Obstruct, ob-strukt′, v.t. to block up, to hinder from passing, to retard.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Obstruct not the luminous spring of thy soul with the thorns and brambles of vain and inordinate affections, and impede not the flow of the living waters that stream from the fountain of thine heart.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
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The Declaration of Independence
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