THWART (5)

Thwart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.] 1. 1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. Milton. 2. 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South.