Noah Webster
Impede
IMPE'DE, verb transitive [Latin impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the progress of troops.
IMPE'DE, verb transitive [Latin impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet.]
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the progress of troops.