Both Uses of
impede
in
The Masque of the Red Death
- ...the folding doors slide back nearly to the walls on either hand, so that the view of the whole extent is scarcely impeded.
*impeded = obstructed (made more difficult)
- But from a certain nameless awe with which the mad assumptions of the mummer had inspired the whole party, there were found none who put forth hand to seize him; so that, unimpeded, he passed within a yard of the prince's person; and, while the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the…†
Definition:
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(impede) create difficulty so as to slow or prevent (something)