An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
IMPEDED
impeded
(adjective) made difficult or slow; “we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
impeded
simple past tense and past participle of impede
Source: Wiktionary
IMPEDE
Im*pede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.] Etym: [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.]
Definition: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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