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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr & vb
n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf
{Impeach}.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as to impede
the advance of troops.
Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler
will --Logfellow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impede
v 1: be a hindrance or obstacle to "She is impeding the progress
of our project" [syn: {hinder}]
2: block passage through "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct},
{occlude}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}] [ant: {free}]
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