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English Dictionary: Impeded by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impeded
adj
  1. made difficult or slow; "we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money"
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.
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