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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
impede /ɪmˈpiːd/

▶verb delay or block the progress or action of.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as impediment): from L. impedire ‘shackle the feet of’, based on pes, ped- ‘foot’.

'impede' also found in these Oxford entries:

block - caltrop - clog - embarrass - encumber - estop - hamper - hobble skirt - hog-tie - impeach - impedimenta - interdict - obstacle - set - snarl - sudd - torsion - trammel

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