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impeditive

impeditive adjective: causing or being a hindrance; impeding.

Adjective

impeditive (comparative more impeditive, superlative most impeditive)

  1. Causing or being a hindrance; impeding.
    • cumbersome, and impeditive of motion1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC
    • the impeditive interposition of many great rivers1693, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Antony Motteux, transl., The Third Book

Forms of impeditive

comparativemore impeditive
superlativemost impeditive

Origin of impeditive

Compare French impéditif, Italian impeditivo, and Portuguese impeditivo.

Questions about impeditive

What does impeditive mean?
Impeditive means causing or being a hindrance; impeding.
What part of speech is impeditive?
Impeditive is an adjective.

Words near impeditive in the dictionary

  1. impedited
  2. impedites
  3. impediting
  4. impedition
  5. impeditions
  6. impeditive
  7. impedivities
  8. impedivity
  9. impedometer
  10. impedometers
  11. impeds

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