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  • 121inhibit — I verb arrest, ban, bar, bridle, check, choke, constrain, control, curb, debar, delay, disallow, enjoin, estop, extinguish, forbid, frustrate, gag, govern, harness, hinder, hold back, hold in, impede, intercept, interdicere, interdict, interrupt …

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  • 122trammel — I verb bind, bridle, check, clog, confine, constrain, control, cramp, cumber, curb, debar, discommode, enchain, encumber, entangle, entrammel, fasten, fetter, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impede, incommode,… …

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  • 123bar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. barrier, obstacle; barroom (See drinking); hurdle; legal profession, court, bench; rod, bolt, rail; measure; stripe. See lawsuit, length. v. forbid; exclude, restrict, reject; lock, bolt, fasten. See… …

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  • 124encumber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. burden, hamper, load, clog, oppress; obstruct, hinder, impede, embarrass, retard, check, handicap. See hindrance, difficulty, debt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. burden, hamper, obstruct, weigh down; see …

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  • 125retard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delay, slow down, check, hinder, impede, postpone, hold up. See slowness, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hinder, delay, impede, slow down; see delay 1 , hinder . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 126let — {{11}}let (n.) stoppage, obstruction (obsolete unless in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten to hinder, from O.E. lettan hinder, delay, from P.Gmc. *latjanan (Cf. O.S. lettian to hinder, O.N. letja to hold back, O.H.G. lezzen to …

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  • 127hintergehen — gehen: Das gemeingerm. Verb mhd., ahd. gēn, gān, krimgot. geen, engl. to go, schwed. gå geht mit verwandten Wörtern in anderen idg. Sprachen auf die idg. Wurzel *g̑hē‹i› »klaffen, leer sein, verlassen, ‹fort›gehen« zurück, vgl. z. B. aind.… …

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  • 128hinter — hinter: Die Präposition mhd. hinder, ahd. hintar, got. hindar, aengl. hinder, aisl. (Adjektiv) hindri ist eine gemeingerm. Komparativbildung zum Stamm *hin‹d› , von dem auch das Adverb hinten (mhd. hinden‹e›, ahd. hintana, got. hindana, aengl.… …

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