hinder

1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.Examples: "A drought hinders the growth of plants."; "We doubt not of a faire and luckie Warre, / Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light / This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way, / To hinder our beginnings."; "Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back – their defence comprising four centre-halves – and the lack of width was hindering their progress."Synonyms: delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwartAntonyms: assist, expedite, facilitate, helptransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.Examples: "She hindered a man from committing suicide."; "Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe: [...]"; "[I]f in thoſe days Cham and Japhet, and other Parents beſides the Eldest Son were Heads and Princes over their Families, and had a right to divide the Earth by Families, what hinders Younger Brothers, being Fathers of Families from having the ſame right, [...]"Synonyms: bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stopAntonyms: aid, assist, helpambitransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.Examples: "If me and a certain character met, the guy that invented the cigarette, I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree. Now it ain't 'cause that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they hinder your health. I've smoked them all my life and I ain't dead yet."obsoletetransitive