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Definition of Impeding
1. Adjective. Preventing movement. "The clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
Similar to: Preventative, Preventive
Derivative terms: Obstruct
Definition of Impeding
1. Verb. (present participle of impede) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impeding
1. impede [v] - See also: impede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeding
Literary usage of Impeding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dynamics of Rotation: An Elementary Introduction to Rigid Dynamics by Arthur Mason Worthington (1892)
"135) will show that the effect either of impeding or hurrying is at once accounted
for in this way. The Rising of a Spinning Top.—We have already (p. ..."
2. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"... all persons within such State the protection of the laws, or shall conspire
together for the purpose of in any manner impeding, hindering, obstructing, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The foreign trade is almost solely confined to the Austrian dominions,—the lack
of a port on the Adriatic greatly impeding the intercourse by sea. ..."
4. Preachers and Preaching by Nicholas Murray (1860)
"impeding causes. Important questions. ... X. Causes impeding ministerial
Usefulness.—Apostolic Success.—Why the slow Progress of the Gospel? ..."
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