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officio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
  • interfere verb To get involved in something in a way that disrupts or is unwelcome.
  • obstruct verb To block a path or passage so that things can't get through.
  • thwart verb To stop someone from succeeding at a plan; to block or frustrate it.

Senses

officio is used for these senses in English:

  • hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
  • obstruct To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

interfere — full definition

  1. verb To get involved in something in a way that disrupts or is unwelcome.
  2. verb Of waves, to combine and affect each other when they overlap.

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