▪ I. † ˈimpedite, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. impedīt-us, pa. pple. of impedīre to impede.]
Impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective. Astrol.: see impedite v. 2.
| 1544 T. Phaer Pestilence (1553) L j a, You must consider whether he be impedit or no, and if he be impedite, there shalbe many sicknesses. 1635 Swan Spec. M. (1670) 191 If Saturn..shall behold the Moon, when she is impedite, with a quadrate or opposite aspect, then he fore-sheweth that there will be an Earthquake. 1662 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. verse 19 iii. §5 (1669) 491/2 Their impedite speech, and hesitant delivery. 1671 True Nonconf. 256 We know, the expressive facultie, where the organes are not impedite, to be..subservient enough to the mindes conceptions. |
▪ II. impedite, v. Now rare or Obs.
(ˈɪmpɪdaɪt)
[f. L. impedīt-, ppl. stem of impedīre to impede.]
1. = impede 1.
| c 1535 Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 23 To let, stoppe, impedite, and sclaunder your gracis mariage. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 88 If the substance of the brain be offended, the functions thereof are impedited. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 84 To defend the Eye..yet so, as it no way impedites vision. 1663 J. Wallis in Boyle's Wks. (1772) VI. 457 Digestion..seemed not to be much impedited. |
2. Astrol. In pass., said of a planet when its influence is hindered by the position of another.
| 1647 Lilly Chr. Astrol. xiii. 8 If she [the Moon] be impedited of the ☉ in a Nativity. a 1681 Wharton Disc. Soul of World Wks. (1683) 669 How the Power and Dominion of this Star, then so strong and Powerful, should be thus Impedited. 1831 Lytton Godolph. xxvii, For Jupiter in Cancer..not impedited of any other star, betokened me indeed some expertness in science. |