English[]
Etymology[]
- From Latin impedire, "to shackle", from pes, "foot". First use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Verb[]
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to Impede (third-person singular simple present imped, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)
- to get in the way of; to hinder
Synonyms[]
- See also Wikisaurus:hinder
Translations[]
- Finnish: haitata fi(fi)
- Dutch: belemmeren nl(nl), in de weg staan nl(nl)
de:impede et:impede fr:impede io:impede kn:impede hu:impede ml:impede no:impede pl:impede fi:impede ta:impede te:impede vi:impede zh:impede