Definitions
block passage through
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“impede someone's progress”
“That I may powre my Spirits in thine Eare, / And chastise with the valour of my Tongue / All that impeides thee from the Golden Round, / Which Fate and Metaphysicall ayde doth seeme / To haue thee crown'd withall.”
“The human-machine imbalance made Sellers concerned that the modern thirst for AI-powered optimization was starting to impede human interaction.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Slow down progress”6 letters
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