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[im-PEED] 
1. to interfere with the movement or progress of; to hinder; to obstruct: "There were a few clashing personalities on Leah's team, but she refused to allow the bickering to impede their progress."
noun form: impeder
Origin:
Approximately 1605; probably a back formation from 'impediment,' influenced, and in some cases taken directly from, Latin, 'impedire': to impede, literally, to shackle the feet ('im-': in + 'pes,' genitive 'pedis': foot); English 'impediment' from Middle English, 'impedyment'; borrowed from Latin, 'impedimentum': hindrance, from 'impedire.' In action:
"As founder of Culver City, California,-based Global Icons, which licenses the images of deceased celebrities, Lotman works closely with the relatives of such well-known late legends as Sammy Davis Jr., George Burns and W.C. Fields to ensure that a successful career in showbiz need not be impeded by something so trifling as death.
Want to use one of the above-mentioned well-knowns to promote a product, or cast their Workstation-produced likeness in your film? You gotta talke to Lotman, whose other clients include James Cagney, Clark Gable, Vincent Price, Donna Reed and Natalie Wood.
'A lot of times, when we sought out the executor of the estate for approval to use the celebrity's image, they expressed how unhappy they were with their current representation, which tended to focus more on protection,' Lotman said. 'We'll offer to come in and represent them from more of a marketing and business standpoint, which has created great opportunities for everyone all around.'
According to Lotman, Global Icons is currently working on a feature-film project starring Marlene Dietrich in all her digitized glory. The film is reported to be a prequel to Casablanca."
Curtis Vanstrum. "Death Becomes This Agent," E! Online News (May 29, 1999).
"An opportunity to experiment came soon after his retirement from government service. While working for the Leh Nutrition Project, a local non-governmental organization, he decided to try implementing his dream of making artificial glaciers as a means of supplying irrigation water.
'I thought if we could control the streams and freeze the water in artificial glaciers, it could provide farmers with water when they need it most,' Norphel said.
Using common sense and with no advanced knowledge of physics, he constructed the first artificial glacier from stone embankments and a few hundred meters of iron pipes.
Norphel's technique is remarkably simple. First, water from an existing stream is diverted through iron pipes to a shady area of the valley. From there, the water is made to flow out onto a sloping hill face. At regular intervals along the mountain slope, small stone embankments are situated to impede the flow of water, thus forming shallow pools."
Pallava Bagla. "'Artificial Glaciers' Aid Farmers in Himalayas," National Geographic News (September 4, 2001).
"'Heaven nor hell shall impede my designs,' said Manfred, advancing again to seize the princess. At that instant the portrait of his grandfather ... uttered a deep sigh and heaved its breast. ... Manfred ... saw it quit its panel, and descend on the floor with a grave and melancholy air."
Horace Walpole (1717-1797). British author. The Castle of Otranto (1764).
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