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6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb be a hindrance or obstacle to
verb block passage through
originBorrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, see quotations.
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