HAMPERED

Verb

hampered

simple past tense and past participle of hamper

Adjective

hampered (comparative more hampered, superlative most hampered)

impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered

Source: Wiktionary


HAMPER

Ham"per, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. hanaper.]

Definition: A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.

Ham"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering.]

Definition: To put in a hamper.

Ham"per, v. t. Etym: [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble.]

Definition: To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. "Hampered nerves." Blackmore. A lion hampered in a net. L'Estrange. They hamper and entangle our souls. Tillotson.

Ham"per, n. Etym: [See Hamper to shackle.]

1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. W. Browne.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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