impedition

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noun

That which impedes; a hindrance.

OriginLatin impeditio →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounimpedition (plural impeditions)

plural impeditions

  1. obsoleteThat which impedes; a hindrance.

    VVhen God poſitively vvilleth the Poſitive hindering of a thing, he may morally be ſaid to Nill the thing, or to vill that it ſhall not be. That there are Poſitive Impeditions of God (by Dr. [William] Twisses leave) I have elſevvhere proved: […]

    1675, Richard Baxter, “[The First Book.] The First Part: […]. Section XVI. Of the Order of the Decrees Called Reprobation. And of Election and Reprobation in Themselves.”, in Richard Baxter’s Catholick Theologie: […], London: […] Robert White, for Nevill Simmons […], →OCLC, paragraph 490, page 72

Origin

  1. Latinimpeditio
  2. Englishimpedition

From Latin impeditio.

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APA

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Chicago

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