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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, v. t.
To impede. [R.] --Bp. Reynolds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, n. [L. impedimentum: cf F.
impediment.]
That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or
effect.
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on
without impediment. --Shak.
{Impediment in speech}, a defect which prevents distinct
utterance.
Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty;
incumbrance.
Usage: {Impediment}, {Obstacle}, {Difficulty}, {Hindrance}.
An impediment literally strikes against our feet,
checking our progress, and we remove it An obstacle
rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove
it A difficulty sets before us something hard to be
done and we encounter it and overcome it A hindrance
holds us back for a time, but we break away from it
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of
Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best
recources ant obstacle to his own ambition, and
an impedimen in his political career. --C. J.
Smith.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impediment
n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action
or progress [syn: {hindrance}, {deterrent}, {handicap}]
2: anything that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruction},
{impedimenta}]
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