Word Meanings - CHECKMATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. mata he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
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lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. mata he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. 2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
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- PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - INTERCEPTION
The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy. - INTERCEPT
To include between; as, that part of the intercepted between the points A and B. Syn. -- To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct. (more info) intercept; inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. 1. To take or seize by the way, - INTERCEPTIVE
Intercepting or tending to intercept. - FRUSTRATE
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak. (more info) to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, - PREVENTABLE
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. - PREVENTINGLY
So as to prevent or hinder. - OBSTRUCTIVE
Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment. -- Ob*struct"ive*ly, adv. - OBSTRUCTIONIST
One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a. - PREVENT
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow - HINDEREST
Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer. - INTERCEPTER
One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak. - OBSTRUCTER
One who obstructs or hinders. - OBSTRUCT
before or against, to obstruct; ob + struere to pile up. 1. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; - PREVENTABILITY
The quality or state of being preventable. - HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See - THWARTNESS
The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness. - THWARTLY
Transversely; obliquely. - NULLIFY
To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. I. Taylor. Syn. -- To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See Abolish. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable. - OVERTHWARTLY
In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.