Word Meanings - IMPEDIMENTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.
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- SUCCESS
1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. - SUCCESSLESS
Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n. - OBSTRUCTIVE
Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment. -- Ob*struct"ive*ly, adv. - OBSTRUCTIONIST
One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a. - HINDEREST
Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer. - SUCCESSION
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to - OBSTRUCTER
One who obstructs or hinders. - SUCCESSIVELY
In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton. - OBSTRUCT
before or against, to obstruct; ob + struere to pile up. 1. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; - HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See - SUCCESSFUL
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, - IMPEDIMENT
That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction; - SUCCESSIONIST
A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially , one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid. - SUCCESSIVE
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes - NATURED
Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc. - IMPEDIMENTAL
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes. - OBSTRUCTION
1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their - IMPEDITIVE
Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall. - NATURELESS
Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton. - SUCCESSARY
Succession. My peculiar honors, not derived From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl. - UNNATURE
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney. - DEMINATURED
Having half the nature of another. Shak. - TIME SIGNATURE
A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as - UNSUCCESSFUL
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n. - ORNATURE
Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed. - INSUCCESS
Want of success. Feltham. - CONSIGNATURE
Joint signature. Colgrave. - TRANSNATURE
To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel. - DENATURE
To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.