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impedite

/ˈɪmpədaɪt/

impedite adjective: hindered; obstructed.

Adjective

impedite (comparative more impedite, superlative most impedite)

  1. (obsolete) Hindered; obstructed.
    • our souls apt to diminution and impedite faculties1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd...

Verb

impedite (third-person singular simple present impedites, present participle impediting, simple past and past participle impedited)

  1. (obsolete) To impede.
    • September 10, 1663, John Wallis, letter to Robert Boyle
      digestion in the stomach, and other faculties there, seemed not to be much impedited

Forms of impedite

Adjective
comparativemore impedite
superlativemost impedite
Verb
third-person singular presentimpedites
present participleimpediting
past participleimpedited
pastimpedited

Origin of impedite

From Latin impeditus.

Questions about impedite

What does impedite mean?
Impedite means hindered; obstructed.
What part of speech is impedite?
Impedite can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce impedite?
Impedite is pronounced /ˈɪmpədaɪt/.

Words near impedite in the dictionary

  1. impediments of crime
  2. impedimetric
  3. impedimetrically
  4. impeding
  5. impedingly
  6. impedite
  7. impedited
  8. impedites
  9. impediting
  10. impedition
  11. impeditions

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