To impede is defined as to block or temporarily keep something from going forward.
(verb)An example of impede is when a road block stops the flow of traffic.
See impede in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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See impede in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes
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Origin: Latin impedīre; see ped- in Indo-European roots
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