obsto

== Latin == === Etymology === From ob- (“before, in front”) +‎ stō (“stand”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.stoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.sto] === Verb === obstō (present infinitive obstāre, perfect active obstitī, future active participle obstātūrus); first conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, impersonal in the passive to stand before, stand in the way of, obstruct, block, oppose Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, obstruō, dīvertō, recūsō, subsistō, resistō, vetō to thwart, hinder Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, refrēnō, dētineō, obstruō, retineō, arceō, cohibeō, sistō, inclūdō, reprimō, perimō, officiō, tardō, saepiō, premō, coërceō, comprimō, sustentō Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used with the dative. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== obstitus stō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obsto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Verb === obsto first-person singular present indicative of obstar