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<h1>Impediment</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*ped"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impedimentum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>impediment</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.</def>

<blockquote>Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without <b>impediment</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Impediment in speech</col>, <cd>a defect which prevents distinct utterance.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Impediment</er>, <er>Obstacle</er>, <er>Difficulty</er>, <er>Hindrance</er>. An <i>impediment</i> literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An <i>obstacle</i> rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A <i>difficulty</i> sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A <i>hindrance</i> holds us back for a time, but we break away from it.</usage>

<blockquote>The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a <b>difficulty</b> to be met with his best recources, ant <b>obstacle</b> to his own ambition, and an <b>impedimen</b> in his political career. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Im*ped"i*ment</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impede.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Reynolds.</i>

<h1>Impedimental</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*ped`i*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.</def>

<blockquote>Things so <b>impediental</b> to success. <i>G. H. Lewes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Impedite</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im"pe*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impeditus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Impede</er>.]</ety> <def>Hindered; obstructed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Impedite</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im"pe*dite</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impede.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

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<hw>Im"pe*di"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>impeditio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hindering; a hindrance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Baxier.</i>

<h1>Impeditive</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*ped"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>imp\'82ditif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Causing hindrance; impeding.</def> "Cumbersome, and <i>impeditive</i> of motion."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Impel</h1> <Xpage=734>

<hw>Im*pel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Impelled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Impelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>impellere</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>pellere</ets>, <ets>pulsum</ets>, to drive. See <er>Pulse</er> a beat, and cf. <er>Impulse</er>.]</ety> <def>To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.</def>

<blockquote>The surge <b>impelled</b> me on a craggy coast. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move.</syn>