oppilate
11Oppilating — Oppilate Op pi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oppilating}.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see {Ob }) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.]… …
12Oppilative — Op pi*la*tive, a. [Cf. F. opilatif. See {Oppilate}.] Obstructive. [Obs.] Sherwood. [1913 Webster] …
13obstruct — I verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap,… …
14occlude — I verb arrest, bar, barricade, block, blockade, check, choke off, close, cork, cover, dam up, debar, deter, fasten, hamper, hedge in, hem in, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interclude, interrupt, lock, obstruct, obturate, oppilate, plug,… …
15check — v 1. stop, arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; halt, pause, hesitate, balk, brake; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, quash, quell, squash, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; cut, cut back on, decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen …
16defeat — v 1. conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate, oppress; rout, discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor; worst, hash, Sl. skin,… …
17hamper — I v 1. encumber, cumber, hinder, inhibit, hold back; impede, retard, slow, handicap; obstruct, block, oppilate, cramp, choke, smother; frustrate, thwart, interfere with; control, limit, circumscribe, confine, restrict; restrain, check, curb,… …
18occlude — v close, shut, seal; shut off, close off, stop; stop up, plug up, cork, oppilate, dam up; fill, choke, clog, block, obstruct, Mach. throttle; bar, barricade, impede, trammel, Law. estop; shut in, enclose, hedge in, hem in; prohibit, prevent,… …
19stop — v 1. discontinue, quit, cease from, leave off, Inf. drop* abandon; desist from, forbear, Inf. cut out, Sl. can, Sl. cheese, Brit. Sl. nark it; withdraw from, have done with; (all of work) Inf. call it quits, call it a day, shut up shop, Inf.… …
20oppilative — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlād.iv adjective Etymology: Latin oppilatus + English ive archaic : tending to oppilate : obstructive, constipating …
