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Definition of Impede
1. Verb. Be a hindrance or obstacle to. "She is impeding the progress of our project"
Specialized synonyms: Block, Close Up, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude, Inhibit, Interfere, Set Back, Hobble, Stunt
Generic synonyms: Keep, Prevent
Derivative terms: Hindrance, Impediment
2. Verb. Block passage through. "Obstruct the path"
Specialized synonyms: Block Off, Blockade, Barricade, Barricado, Barricade, Asphyxiate, Choke, Stifle, Suffocate, Tie Up, Dam, Dam Up, Block Out, Screen, Earth Up, Land Up, Bar, Barricade, Block, Block Off, Block Up, Blockade, Stop, Back Up, Choke, Choke Off, Clog, Clog Up, Congest, Foul
Generic synonyms: Hinder
Derivative terms: Blocking, Impediment, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructive, Obstructor, Obturator, Occlusion, Occlusive
Antonyms: Free
Definition of Impede
1. v. t. To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
Definition of Impede
1. Verb. to get in the way of; to hinder ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impede
1. to obstruct the progress of [v -PEDED, -PEDING, -PEDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impede
Literary usage of Impede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1830)
"... should we not diligently enquire in what particulars our deficiencies chiefly
consist, what are the obstructions which especially impede our progress ? ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... a reactance coil, commonly called a choke coil, is installed at this point to
impede the discharge of lightning and make it tend to seek another path ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... that the erecting and keeping the bridge over and across the channel of the
river, in the manner as proposed and threatened, will impede and obstruct ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"... countries—Mode of recruiting the Russian Army—Iniquitous conduct of a Russian
Inspector of the Customs—Difficulties that impede the Traveller—Arrival at ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... that they have a tendency to cramp the operations of commerce, and to impede
the growth of that opulence which may arise from foreign trade. ..."
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