empêcher — meaning in English

English meaning

• deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
• disable verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
• forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
• hamper noun A large basket with a lid, used to carry or store items such as laundry or food.
• help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
• impeach verb To formally charge a public official with misconduct, often as a step toward removing them from office.
• keep verb To hold on to something or continue having it, rather than giving it up or losing it.
• prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
• resist verb To try to stop or oppose something, or to refuse to give in to it.

Senses

empêcher is used for these senses in English:

• deter (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
• disable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
• forestall (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
• hamper To impede in motion or progress.
• help (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
• impeach To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
• keep (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
• prevent (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

disable — full definition

1. verb To take away someone's ability to do something, especially by injuring them.
2. verb To turn off or deactivate a function, especially on a device or system.

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