v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hindered p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering. ] [ OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar&unr_;n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a. ] 1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going. [ 1913 Webster ]

Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hinder you too long. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? Locke.

Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost. ] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, hinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding. ] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [ Obs. ] Callander.