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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
     pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf.
     Impeach.]
     To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede
     the advance of troops.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Whatever hinders or impedes
           The action of the nobler will.           --Logfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet;
     pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf.
     Impeach.]
     To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede
     the advance of troops.
  
           Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler
           will.                                    --Logfellow.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  impede
       v 1: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress
            of our project" [syn: hinder]
       2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
           obturate, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant:
          free]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εμποδίζω, παρεμποδίζω, παρακωλύω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     Englanti vb.
     estää, haitata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  impede
     Engelska vb.
     hindra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Impede /ɪmpˈiːd/
  عرقل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  impede //ɪmˈpiːd// 
  задържам, преча, спирам
  to get in the way of; to hinder