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  • 1 moror

        moror ātus, ārī, dep.    [mora], to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter: Eamus... Ubi vis; non moror, i. e. I have no objection, T.: Brundisi: amplius morando, S.: apud oppidum, Cs.: in quā (commemoratione) diutius non morabor: faciem capere morando, i. e. by slow degrees, O.: quid moror? H.: quid multis moror? why make a long story? T.: ne multis morer, to be brief: haud multa moratus, i. e. without long delay, V.: paulum lacrimis et mente morata, in tearful thought, V.: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, H.: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, L.: nihil ego moror quo minus decemviratu abeam, i. e. I will immediately, L.: cui bellum moremur inferre: in conubio natae, brood, V.— To delay, retard, impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder: impetum hostium, Cs.: eum: ab itinere hostem, L.: absiste morari, detain (me) not, V.: convivas, keep waiting, T.— To fix the attention of, delight, delay, amuse, entertain: Fabula populum moratur, H.: oculos aurīsque Caesaris, arrest, H.— P. pass.: novitate morandus spectator, H.— To hinder, prevent, impede: non moror quo minus in civitatem redeant, L.: moratus sit nemo, quo minus abeant, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of person, not to detain, let go, dismiss, release: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. withdraw my accusation against, L.: negavit, se Gracchum morari, said he had nothing against, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of thing, or an obj clause, to let go, not value, disregard, care nothing for, have nothing to say against: profecto non plus biduom aut— Ph. Aut? nil moror, I don't care for that, T.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, H.: nihil moror, eos salvos esse: invisum quem tibi esse Nil moror, I care not, V.: ut multum (sc. scripserit), nil moror, attach no value to quantity, H.
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    morari, moratus sum V DEP
    delay; stay, stay behind; devote attention to

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  • 2 praepediō

        praepediō īvī, ītus, īre    [prae+pes], to entangle, shackle, fetter: praepeditis Numidarum equis, Ta.— To hinder, embarrass, obstruct, impede: sese praedā, hamper themselves, L.: omnīs (bonas artīs) avaritia praepediebat, S.: dicere incipientem cum lacrimae praepedissent, L.: dextrae praepedit orsa tremor, O.: verba sua, i. e. stammering, Ta.: praepeditus Germanias premere, hindered from, Ta.
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    praepedire, praepedivi, praepeditus V TRANS
    shackle, fetter, tie by an extremity; hinder/obstruct/impede; entangle the feet

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  • 3 illigo

    illĭgo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

    inque ligatus,

    Verg. A. 10, 794), v. a. [in-ligo], to bind on, tie on, to fasten, attach (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    emblemata ita scite in aureis poculis illigabat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    litterae in jaculo illigatae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

    in eo (corpore) influente atque effluente animi divini ambitus illigabant,

    Cic. Univ. 13: cum Archimedes lunae, solis, quinque errantium motus in sphaeram illigavit, attached or added to the celestial globe, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63:

    in currus distentum illigat Metium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 10:

    juvencis illigata aratra,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 25:

    tauris juga,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    dolia aedibus,

    Dig. 33, 7, 27:

    illigata tigna tenere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7:

    manibus post tergum illigatis,

    Liv. 5, 27, 9:

    faciem laxis vesicis illigant,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

    fel cum elaterio umbilico,

    id. 28, 14, 58, § 203.—
    B.
    In partic., with the idea of hinderance to free motion predominating, to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: illaqueo, irretio, implico;

    impedio): inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat clipeoque inimicum hastile trahebat,

    Verg. A. 10 794:

    se impeditis locis,

    Tac. A. 13, 40:

    volucres viscatis illigatae viminibus,

    Petr. 109:

    illigatus praedā,

    Tac. A. 3, 21:

    aliquem veneno,

    id. ib. 6, 32.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to attach, connect, bind:

    (paeon) quam commodissime putatur in solutam orationem illigari,

    Cic. Or. 64, 215: orationis genus, in quo [p. 886] omnes verborum illigantur lepores, id. ib. 27, 76:

    sententiam verbis,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    sermonibus ejusmodi personas tam graves illigare,

    id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

    non iis condicionibus illigabitur pax, ut movere bellum possit,

    Liv. 33, 12, 13; 36, 11, 2.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to bind, in a good or bad sense; to oblige, to hold bound; to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede:

    magnis et multis pignoribus M. Lepidum res publica illigatum tenet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8:

    familiari amicitia illigati Philippo erant,

    Liv. 32, 22, 11:

    nos praeceptis illigaverunt,

    Quint. 5, 13, 60:

    ut sociali foedere se cum Romanis non illigarent,

    Liv. 45, 25, 9; 41, 24, 15:

    illigari bello,

    id. 32, 21, 11:

    angustis et concisis disputationibus illigati,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    Tac. A. 15, 51:

    vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 23.

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  • 4 inligo

    illĭgo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

    inque ligatus,

    Verg. A. 10, 794), v. a. [in-ligo], to bind on, tie on, to fasten, attach (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    emblemata ita scite in aureis poculis illigabat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:

    litterae in jaculo illigatae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

    in eo (corpore) influente atque effluente animi divini ambitus illigabant,

    Cic. Univ. 13: cum Archimedes lunae, solis, quinque errantium motus in sphaeram illigavit, attached or added to the celestial globe, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63:

    in currus distentum illigat Metium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 10:

    juvencis illigata aratra,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 25:

    tauris juga,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    dolia aedibus,

    Dig. 33, 7, 27:

    illigata tigna tenere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7:

    manibus post tergum illigatis,

    Liv. 5, 27, 9:

    faciem laxis vesicis illigant,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

    fel cum elaterio umbilico,

    id. 28, 14, 58, § 203.—
    B.
    In partic., with the idea of hinderance to free motion predominating, to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: illaqueo, irretio, implico;

    impedio): inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat clipeoque inimicum hastile trahebat,

    Verg. A. 10 794:

    se impeditis locis,

    Tac. A. 13, 40:

    volucres viscatis illigatae viminibus,

    Petr. 109:

    illigatus praedā,

    Tac. A. 3, 21:

    aliquem veneno,

    id. ib. 6, 32.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to attach, connect, bind:

    (paeon) quam commodissime putatur in solutam orationem illigari,

    Cic. Or. 64, 215: orationis genus, in quo [p. 886] omnes verborum illigantur lepores, id. ib. 27, 76:

    sententiam verbis,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    sermonibus ejusmodi personas tam graves illigare,

    id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

    non iis condicionibus illigabitur pax, ut movere bellum possit,

    Liv. 33, 12, 13; 36, 11, 2.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to bind, in a good or bad sense; to oblige, to hold bound; to fetter, encumber, entangle, impede:

    magnis et multis pignoribus M. Lepidum res publica illigatum tenet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 4, 8:

    familiari amicitia illigati Philippo erant,

    Liv. 32, 22, 11:

    nos praeceptis illigaverunt,

    Quint. 5, 13, 60:

    ut sociali foedere se cum Romanis non illigarent,

    Liv. 45, 25, 9; 41, 24, 15:

    illigari bello,

    id. 32, 21, 11:

    angustis et concisis disputationibus illigati,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    Tac. A. 15, 51:

    vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 23.

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  • 5 obstruo

    ob-strŭo ( opstr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, render impassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    validum pro diruto obstruentes murum,

    Liv. 38, 29:

    frontem castrorum auxiliis,

    id. 5, 1.—Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light:

    obstructae fenestrae,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

    FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus,

    Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64:

    portas,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5:

    aditus,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

    flumina,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

    aquarum venas,

    Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49:

    saxa,

    placed in the way, Ov. M. 3, 570:

    cujus aures morbus obstruxit,

    has stopped up, made deaf, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2:

    os obstruere,

    to close the mouth, to make silent, Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—
    II.
    Trop., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct:

    Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum quasi exaggerata altius oratio,

    was a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

    viri deus obstruit aures,

    stops, renders deaf, inexorable, Verg. A. 4, 440:

    perfugia improborum,

    shuts off, Cic. Sull. 28, 79:

    cognitionem difficultatibus,

    to impede, obstruct, id. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

    mentes,

    Tac. H. 3, 21.—
    b.
    Intr., to be in the way:

    si officiens signis mons obstruet altus,

    Cic. Arat. 44.

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  • 6 opstruo

    ob-strŭo ( opstr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, render impassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    validum pro diruto obstruentes murum,

    Liv. 38, 29:

    frontem castrorum auxiliis,

    id. 5, 1.—Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light:

    obstructae fenestrae,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

    FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus,

    Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64:

    portas,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5:

    aditus,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

    flumina,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 48:

    aquarum venas,

    Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49:

    saxa,

    placed in the way, Ov. M. 3, 570:

    cujus aures morbus obstruxit,

    has stopped up, made deaf, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2:

    os obstruere,

    to close the mouth, to make silent, Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—
    II.
    Trop., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct:

    Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum quasi exaggerata altius oratio,

    was a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

    viri deus obstruit aures,

    stops, renders deaf, inexorable, Verg. A. 4, 440:

    perfugia improborum,

    shuts off, Cic. Sull. 28, 79:

    cognitionem difficultatibus,

    to impede, obstruct, id. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

    mentes,

    Tac. H. 3, 21.—
    b.
    Intr., to be in the way:

    si officiens signis mons obstruet altus,

    Cic. Arat. 44.

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  • 7 impediō (inp-)

        impediō (inp-) īvī, ītus, īre    [PED-], to entangle, ensnare, shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast: Impediunt vincula nulla pedes, O.: illis Crura, O. —To clasp, bind, encircle, embrace. narrare parantem Impedit amplexu, O.: caput myrto, H.: equos frenis, bridle, O.: clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbīs Impediunt, encircle, V.—To block up, make inaccessible: saxa iter impediebant, Cs.: munitionibus saltum, L.—Fig., to entangle, embarrass: impeditum in eā (re) expedivi animum meum, T.: stultitiā suā impeditus: me et se hisce nuptiis, T.: mentem dolore: sententia neu se Impediat verbis, H.—To be in the way, hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede: omnia removentur, quae impediunt: nisi rei p. tempora impedient: de Fausto impedit tribunus, interposes a veto, Cs.: me cotidie aliud ex alio impedit: aetate et morbo impeditus: metus rem inpediebat, S.: sinistra impedita, Cs.: somno et metu inpedita fuga, S.: a re p. bene gerendā impediri: se a suo munere: a populo R. in suo iure impediri, Cs.: eloquentia Hortensi ne me dicendo impediat: alquos ad cupiendam fugam, Cs.: impeditus a tribunis ne portaret, etc., S.: ne rem agerent, bello inpediti sunt, L.: ut nullā re impedirer, quin, etc.: nec aetas impedit, quo minus, etc.: impedior religione, quo minus exponam, etc.: me ea improbare: me haec exquirere.

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  • 8 in-ligō (ill-)

        in-ligō (ill-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to bind on, tie on, fasten, attach: tauris iuga, H.: inligata tigna tenere, Cs.: manibus post tergum inligatis, L.: emblemata in poculis: litterae in iaculo inligatae, Cs.: lunae motūs in sphaeram, add to the celestial globe: iuvencis inligata aratra, H.—To fetter, encumber, entangle, impede: inutilis inque ligatus Cedebat, V.: Vix inligatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaerā, H.: se locis impeditis, Ta.— Fig., in speech, to weave in, intersperse: orationis genus, in quo omnes verborum inligantur lepores: sermonibus personas gravīs.—To connect, associate, bind, limit, entangle, fetter: non iis condicionibus inligabitur pax, ut, etc., L.: multis pignoribus Lepidum res p. inligatum tenet: sociali foedere se cum Romanis, L.: angustis et concisis disputationibus inligati.

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  • 9 ob-ligō

        ob-ligō āvī, ātus, āre,    to bind up, bandage, swathe: volnus: bracchia, T.—Fig., to bind, oblige, put under obligation, make liable: eum militiae sacramento, swear in again: vadem tribus milibus aeris, bind in the sum of, L.: alquem tuā liberalitate tibi, bind to yourself: me vobis obligavit fortuna, quod, etc., L.: obligatus ei nihil eram, was under no obligation to him: Prometheus obligatus aliti, devoted, H.: obligatam redde Iovi dapem, vowed, H.: Obligor, ut tangam litora Ponti, am compelled, O.—To render liable through guilt, make guilty: anili superstitione obligari, be guilty of.— To pledge, mortgage: fortunas suas: obligata praedia: fidem meam, to pledge my word. —To impede, restrain, embarrass: iudicio obligatum esse.

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  • 10 ob-strepō

        ob-strepō uī, —, ere,    to make a noise against, roar at, resound, reëcho: quā violens obstrepit Aufidus, H.: Marisque Bais obstrepentis litora, H.: Fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus (sc. iacenti), H.: si non obstreperetur aquis, O.— To bawl against, clamor at, outbawl: male dicta alia cum adderet, obstrepere omnes, S.: eius modi res obstrepi clamore militum videntur, to be drowned: ut ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur: decemviro obstrepitur, L.—To annoy, molest, be troublesome: tibi litteris.—To impede, hinder, be an obstacle: nihil sensere (Poeni), obstrepente pluviā, L.: conscientiā obstrepente, Cu.

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  • 11 ob-struō (opstr-)

        ob-struō (opstr-) ūxī, ūctus, ere,    to build against, build up, block, stop up, bar, barricade, make impassable: novum murum, L.: frontem castrorum auxiliis, L.: turrīs, Cs.: luminibus eius: valvas aedis, N.: obstructa saxa, placed in the way, O.—Fig., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct: Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec oratio, was a hinderance to: viri deus obstruit aurīs, renders inexorable, V.: huic spiritus oris obstruitur, V.: perfugia improborum, shuts off.

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  • 12 praeclūdō

        praeclūdō sī, sus, ere    [prae+claudo], to shut off, shut, close: portas consuli, Cs.: fores, Pr.— To close, forbid access to: orbem terrarum civibus: maritimos cursūs praecludebat hiemis magnitudo. — To shut off, hinder, stop, impede: omnibus vocem, L.: linguam meam Ne latrem, Ph.
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    praecludere, praeclusi, praeclusus V
    close, block

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  • 13 prohibeō

        prohibeō uī (old subj perf. prohibessit, C.), itus, ēre    [pro+habeo], to hold before, hold back, keep away, check, restrain, hinder, prevent, avert, keep off, debar: praedones procul ab insulā: vim hostium ab oppidis, Cs.: se suosque ab iniuriā, refrain, Cs.: prohibendo a delictis exercitum confirmavit, S.: itinere exercitum, impede, Cs.: di prohibeant, ut existimetur, etc.: quod potuisti prohibere, ne fieret: prohibitus esse, quo minus abduceret, etc.: quo minus in unum coirent, L.: nec, quin erumperet, prohiberi poterat, L.: quem leges pugnare prohibebant: peregrinos urbibus uti: se ad prohibenda circumdari opera parabant, L.: Cimbros intra finīs suos ingredi, Cs.: migrari Veios, L.: contingere mensas, V.: prohibiti gerere bellum: ut inde aurum exportari prohiberes: prohibete ius de pecuniis dici, L.: munitiones Caesaris, Cs.: prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo: quod di prohibeant, but may the gods forbid it, T.: Di, prohibete minas, V.: id eos ut prohiberet, L.— To forbid, prohibit: lex recta imperans prohibensque contraria: diique et homines prohibuere redemptos vivere Romanos, L.— To keep away, keep, preserve, defend, protect: a periculo rem p.: virginem ab amatorum impetu: tenuiores iniuriā: ad prohibendam populationibus Campaniam, L.
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    prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus V
    hinder, restrain; forbid, prevent

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  • 14 re-tardō

        re-tardō āvī, ātus, āre,    to keep back, hinder, delay, detain, impede, retard: (stellarum) motūs retardantur: equos retardant Flumina, V.: tua ne retardet Aura maritos, H.: in quo cursu, tum retardando, tum, etc., lagging behind.—Fig., to retard, repress, check, keep back, avert, hinder: ad quem (agrum) fruendum: impetūs hostium esse intellegunt retardatos: celeritatem persequendi: animos testium: auxilium: me a scribendo.

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  • 15 stimulus

        stimulus ī, m    [STIG-], a prick, goad: Parce stimulis, O.: dum te stimulis fodiamus.—Prov.: Advorsum stimulum calces, kick against the pricks, T.—In war, stakes bearing iron hooks buried in the ground (to impede the enemy), Cs.—Fig., a spur, incentive, incitement, stimulus: animum gloriae stimulis concitare: Omnia pro stimulis facibusque ciboque furoris Accipit, O.: non hostili modo odio sed amoris etiam stimulis, L.; cf. acriores quippe aeris alieni stimulos esse, L.: acrīs Subiectat lasso stimulos, H.— A sting, torment, pain: stimulos doloris contemnere: stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit, O.
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    spur/goad; trap/spike in earth; prick/sting/cause of torment/torture instrument

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  • 16 tardō

        tardō āvī, ātus, āre    [tardus], to make slow, hinder, delay, retard, impede, check, stay, prevent: profectionem: pedes (alta harena), O.: alas, H.: At non tardatus casu neque territus heros, V.: nos Etesiae tardarunt: Romanos ad insequendum, Cs.: hostium impetum, check, Cs.: vereor, ne exercitūs nostri tardentur animis: me ratio pudoris a praesentis laude tardaret: propius adire tardari, Cs.: num quid putes rei p. nomine tardandum esse nobis, whether I ought to linger.
    * * *
    tardare, tardavi, tardatus V
    check, retard; hinder

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  • 17 adligo

    adligare, adligavi, adligatus V TRANS
    bind/fetter (to); bandage; hinder, impede, detain; accuse; implicate/involve in

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  • 18 alligo

    alligare, alligavi, alligatus V TRANS
    bind/fetter (to); bandage; hinder, impede, detain; accuse; implicate/involve in

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  • 19 contor

    I
    contari, contatus sum V DEP
    II
    contari, cunctatus sum V DEP
    delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt

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  • 20 cuncto

    cunctare, cunctavi, cunctatus V
    delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt

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  • Impede — Im*pede , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impede — I verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, deadlock, decelerate …   Law dictionary

  • impede — (v.) c.1600, back formation from impediment, or else from L. impedire impede, be in the way, hinder, detain, lit. to shackle the feet (see IMPEDIMENT (Cf. impediment)). Related: Impeded; impedes; impeding …   Etymology dictionary

  • impede — *hinder, obstruct, block, bar, dam Analogous words: clog, *hamper, fetter, trammel, shackle, manacle, hog tie: *embarrass, discomfit, disconcert, rattle, faze: thwart, baffle, balk, *frustrate Antonyms: assist: promote Contrasted words: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impede — [v] obstruct, hinder bar, block, blow whistle on*, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one’s style*, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one*, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere,… …   New thesaurus

  • impede — ► VERB ▪ delay or block the progress or action of. ORIGIN Latin impedire shackle the feet of , from pes foot …   English terms dictionary

  • impede — [im pēd′] vt. impeded, impeding [L impedire, to entangle, ensnare, lit., to hold the feet < in , in + pes (gen. pedis), FOOT] to bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay SYN. HINDER1 impeder n …   English World dictionary

  • impede — UK [ɪmˈpiːd] / US [ɪmˈpɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms impede : present tense I/you/we/they impede he/she/it impedes present participle impeding past tense impeded past participle impeded formal to make it more difficult for someone to do… …   English dictionary

  • impede — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, seriously, severely, significantly ▪ The bad weather seriously impeded our progress. Impede is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑development, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • impede — [[t]ɪmpi͟ːd[/t]] impedes, impeding, impeded VERB If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult. [FORMAL] [V n] Debris and fallen rock are impeding the progress of the rescue workers. Syn: hinder,… …   English dictionary

  • impede — verb your efforts to impede our progress will be unsuccessful Syn: hinder, obstruct, hamper, hold back/up, delay, interfere with, disrupt, retard, slow (down), hobble, cripple; block, check, stop, scupper, scuttle, thwart, frustrate …   Thesaurus of popular words

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