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Webster 1913 Edition
Impeach
Im-peach′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Impeached
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impeaching
.] 1.
To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
[Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did
impeach
his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies.
A defluxion on my throat
impeached
my utterance. Howell.
2.
To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign;
as, to
. See impeach
a judgeImpeachment
. 3.
Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question;
as, to
. impeach
one’s motives or conductAnd doth
impeach
the freedom of the state. Shakespeare
4.
(Law)
To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
Syn. – To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See
Accuse
. Im-peach′
,Noun.
Hindrance; impeachment.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Impeach
IMPE'ACH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hinder; to impede. This sense is found in our early writers. These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
[This application of the word is obsolete.]
2.
To accuse; to charge with a crime or misdemeanor; but appropriately, to exhibit charges of maladministration against a public officer before a competent tribunal, that is, to send or put on, to load. The word is now restricted to accusations made by authority; as, to impeach a judge. [See Impeachment.]3.
To accuse; to censure; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.4.
To call to account; to charge as answerable.IMPE'ACH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
impeach
impeach
English
Verb
impeach (third-person singular simple present impeaches, present participle impeaching, simple past and past participle impeached)
- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- Sir J. Davies
- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
- Howell
- A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
- Sir J. Davies
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
- President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
Derived terms
Translations
to hinder
to bring legal proceeding against public official
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