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Impede   /ɪmpˈid/   Listen
Impede

verb
(past & past part. impeded; pres. part. impeding)
1.
Be a hindrance or obstacle to.  Synonym: hinder.
2.
Block passage through.  Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude.






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"Impede" Quotes from Famous Books



... ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... After saying that the only matter which could come up would relate to commerce, with which he was unfamiliar, he continued: "Every one, who has any knowledge of my manner of acting in public life, will be persuaded that I am not accustomed to impede the dispatch or frustrate the success of business by a ceremonious attention to idle forms. Any person of that description will also be satisfied that I should not readily consent to lose one of the most important ...
— George Washington, Vol. II • Henry Cabot Lodge

... nothing too inconvenient for your majesty," said the queen, gently. "Neither the sands of Egypt nor the snows of our north impede the career of the hero. And yet I should think our cold climate an obstacle difficult to overcome. Did your majesty not have this opinion sometimes ...
— Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia • L. Muhlbach

... those who have occupied themselves in the laborious and often profitless task of helping the world to new and useful machines can have any idea of the tantalizing anxiety which arises from the apparently petty stumbling-blocks which for awhile impede the realization of a great idea in mechanical invention. Such was the case with the water-tight arrangement in the hydraulic press. In his early experiments, Bramah tried the expedient of the ordinary stuffing-box for the purpose ...
— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles

... have thrown us aground, and we would have been buried among the breakers. The helm of the boat was again given to the old pilot, who had already so happily steered us through the dangers of the storm. He instantly threw into the sea the mast, the sails, and everything that could impede our proceedings. When we came to the first landing point, several of our shipwrecked companions, who had reached the shore, ran and hid themselves behind the hills, not to see us perish; others made signs not to approach at that place, some covered ...
— Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy • Anonymous


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