obstaculate

verb /əbˈstækjʊˌleɪ̯t/

1. To act as an obstacle to; to impede, obstruct.

   rare, transitive

   I have a mission to accomplish, and you will not obstaculate me.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian ostacolare, as if from a Latin *obstāculātus. Equivalent to obstacle + -ate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obstaculate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← obsolesceobtemperate →

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