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impeach

verb
/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

  1. derived from impedicō
  2. derived from empeechier — “to hinder”
  3. derived from empecher
  4. inherited from empechen

Definitions

  1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.

    • These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
    • I was afraid the same defluxion of Salt Rheum which fell from my Temples into my Throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the Uvula, impeached my Utterance a little to this Day

  2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

    • President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.

  3. To charge with impropriety

    To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from…

      To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

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