Impědiment, s

[Lat. imped i mentum, from impedio=to impede, to hinder; Fr. impédiment; Sp. & Port. imped i men to.] That which impedes, hinders, obstructs, or encumbers; a hindrance; an obstruction; an encumbrance. "Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment ." Shakesp.: King Richard III . , v. 2. Impediment in the speech : A defect which prevents distinct articulation. For the difference between impediment and difficulty , see DIFFICULTY. *Im-ped-1-ment, v . t . [IMPEDIMENT, 8.] Το hinder, to impede, to obstruct. "Lest Them is toc les should have withstood and imped i men ted a general good."-Bp. Reynolds. im-ped-i-men-tal, *im-pěd-e-men-tal, adj . [Eng. impediment ; al.] Impending or tending to impede or obstruct; obstructing; obstructive. "He was troubled with convictions-things so imped i mental to succe !"-G. H. Lewes: History of Philosophy, ii. 101. *im-pě-dite, v . t . [IMPEDITE, a.] To hinder, to impede, to obstruct. "Digestion in the stomach, and other faculties there, seemed not to be much imp edited ."- Boyle : Works, vol. vi., p. 457. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, impedite *Im-pě-dite, a. [Lat. imped it us , pa. par. of impedio to hinder.] Hindered, obstructed. *Im-pě-di-tion, s . [Lat. impeditio , from impe dit us , pa. par. of impedio =to impede (q. v.).] The act of impeding or hindering; an impediment; a hindrance; an obstruction.