Definition of Obstructs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of obstruct) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obstructs

1. obstruct [v] - See also: obstruct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstructs

obstructive hydrocephalus
obstructive jaundice
obstructive lung disease
obstructive murmur
obstructive pneumonia
obstructive pulmonary overinflation
obstructive shock
obstructive sleep apnoea
obstructive thrombus
obstructive uropathy
obstructively
obstructiveness
obstructives
obstructor
obstructors
obstructs (current term)
obstruent
obstruents
obstupefaction
obstupefied
obstupefy
obstupefying
obtain
obtainabilities
obtainability
obtainable
obtained
obtainer
obtainers
obtainest

Literary usage of Obstructs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"... the tea overboard — Revolution.1 It [opposition to the fugitive slave bill] is revolution, or it is treason. If it only resists law, and obstructs its ..."

2. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"So, if he forestalls, or obstructs the lord. &c. when he is going to the land io make a distress, with force or menace of life or member. Lit. sect. ..."

3. Wrongs and Their Remedies: A Treatise on the Law of Torts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Francis Stafford Pipe Wolferstan, James M. Dudley, Edwin Baylies (1876)
"370 Damages recoverable from a tenant who obstructs the reversioner in the exercise of his ric/kt to enter upon the demised premises to inspect waste. ..."

4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"A bar of shells, however, at its mouth, obstructs the navigation of large vessels. In this river, between Salisbury and Canaan, is a cataract, ..."

5. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, & Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans, Edith R. Hall (1847)
"It obstructs the pure running of the celestial stream of unity in our general meetings, and prevents the dominion of that life, that in former days was as a ..."

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