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Impede

//ɪmˈpiːd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To get in the way of; to hinder. transitive

    "impede someone's progress"

  2. 2
    block passage through wordnet
  3. 3
    be a hindrance or obstacle to wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, see quotations.

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