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“impeded”
impede (verb), impedes; impeded; impeding
1. To retard in progress or action by putting obstacles in the way; to obstruct; to hinder; to stand in the way of.
2. Etymology: impede means "to tangle the feet" or "to obstruct" the movement of the feet.
2. Etymology: impede means "to tangle the feet" or "to obstruct" the movement of the feet.
![A woman impedes a man with her whip/rope.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/ped-impede-whip-color.gif)
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ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia
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