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impede

im·pede [ im pd ] (past and past participle im·ped·ed, present participle im·ped·ing, 3rd person present singular im·pedes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
hinder: to interfere with the movement, progress, or development of something or somebody

[Late 16th century. < Latin impedire "shackle the feet" < ped- "foot"]

im·ped·er noun

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See hinder1.

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