Thwart, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n.Thwarting.] 1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South.