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Vinony

impede

verb

  1. to stop or halt a process or action
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpiːd/

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, see quotations.

  1. To get in the way of; to hinder.

    “impede someone's progress”

    “That I may powre my Spirits in thine Eare, / And chastise with the valour of my Tongue / All that impeides thee from the Golden Round, / Which Fate and Metaphysicall ayde doth seeme / To haue thee crown'd withall.”