Syn. — Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; incumbrance. — Impediment, Obstacle, Difficulty, Hindrance. An impediment literally strikes against our feet, checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance holds us back for a time, but we break away from it. The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and an impedimen in his political career. C. J. Smith.
IMPEDIMENT
Im*ped"i*ment, v. t.
Defn: To impede. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
IMPEDIMENTA
Im*ped`i*men"ta, n. pl. [L. See Impediment, Impede.]
Defn: Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.),
Defn: the supply trains which must accompany an army.
On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta. Julian Ralph.
IMPEDIMENTAL
Im*ped`i*men"tal, a.
Defn: Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing;
impeditive.
Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.
IMPEDITE
Im"pe*dite, a. Etym: [L. impeditus, p. p. See Impede.]