Impede and Vest

Impede

Impede verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

Vest is an antonym for impede.

Nearby Words: impediment, impeding

Vest

Vest verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: “By the power vested in me by the state,” intoned the minister, “I now pronounce that you are married”

Impede is an antonym for vest.

Nearby Words: vested, vesture, vestment, vesting
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