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hamperHAM'PER, n. [contracted form hanaper, or from hand pannier.] [This signification and that of the verb following indicate that this word is from hanaper, and that the latter is from the sense of interweaving twigs.] HAM'PER, v.t. [See the Noun.] To shackle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress, or to render progress difficult. |