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hindereth

hindereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hinder.

Meaning of hinder

Verb

hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)

  1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
    • A drought hinders the growth of plants.
  2. (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
    • She hindered a man from committing suicide.
    Antonyms:
    aid, assist, help
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To cause harm.
    • If me and a certain character met, the guy that invented the cigarette, I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree. Now it ain't 'cause that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they hinder your health. I've smoked them all my life and I ain't dead yet.1947, Merle Travis, Tex Williams, “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

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Origin of hindereth

hinder + -eth

Questions about hindereth

What is hindereth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hindereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hinder.

Words near hindereth in the dictionary

  1. Hinderclay
  2. hindered
  3. hinderer
  4. hinderers
  5. hinderest
  6. hindereth
  7. hinderful
  8. hindering
  9. hindering impediment
  10. hindering impediments
  11. hinderingly

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