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overthwart verb trans. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[from OVERTHWART adverb & preposition.]
Pass or lie across; traverse, cross. LME.
fig.
a. Make contrary; pervert. rare. Only in LME.
b. Act in opposition to; cross, oppose; hinder, thwart. E16.