v. t.
Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]
I hinder you too long. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? Locke.
v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]
This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost. ] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows;
He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, hinders. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding. ] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [ Obs. ] Callander.