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/ ɪmˈpitʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
Chiefly Law . to challenge the credibility of: to impeach a witness.
to bring an accusation against.
to call in question; cast an imputation upon: to impeach a person's motives.
to call to account.
Origin of impeach 1350–1400; Middle English
empechen, enpeshen <Anglo-French
empecher <Late Latin
impedicāre to fetter, trap, equivalent to Latin
im- im-
1 +
pedic (
a ) a fetter (derivative of
pēs foot) +
-ā- thematic vowel +
-re infinitive suffix
SYNONYMS FOR impeach 4 question, challenge, impugn.
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OTHER WORDS FROM impeach im·peach·er, noun un·im·peached, adjective Words nearby impeach impatent, impatience, impatiens, impatient, impawn, impeach , impeachable, impeachment, impearl, impeccable, impeccant
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Example sentences from the Web for impeach Every call, all over the country, men and women, all said the same thing: Impeach him.
The New Cruzians Are Ready to Make Life Hell for Mitch McConnell | Patricia Murphy| November 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Within the House Judiciary Committee, six Republicans voted with 21 Democrats to impeach the president.
Four Decades of Declining Trust in D.C. | Lloyd Green| August 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Liberal Democrats wanted to impeach President George W. Bush, but Pelosi took it off the table.
Pelosi to Boehner: I Quashed Impeachment, and So Can You | Eleanor Clift| August 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But GOP candidates are making it clear to voters: We will move to impeach Obama.
Don’t Be Fooled: The GOP Wants Impeachment | David Freedlander| August 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
We were starting our new majority, and the first thing we do is impeach President Bush?
Pelosi to Boehner: I Quashed Impeachment, and So Can You | Eleanor Clift| August 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
If any president refuse to lend the executive arm of the government to the enforcement of the law, it can impeach the president.
The Negro Problem | Booker T. Washington, et al.
It is war's prize to take all advantages, / And ten to one is no impeach of valour.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources | James Wood
Wharton, with a large following, went up to the Lords, and informed them that the Commons had resolved to impeach the Duke.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
This was all he had said, and it had not been said with any view to impeach the conscience of any gentleman on the subject.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) | Thomas Hart Benton
We at Westminster censure the terms and impeach the negotiator.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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British Dictionary definitions for impeach verb (tr) criminal law to bring a charge or accusation against
British criminal law to accuse of a crime, esp of treason or some other offence against the state
mainly US to charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office
to challenge or question (a person's honesty, integrity, etc)
Derived forms of impeach impeacher , noun Word Origin for impeach C14: from Old French empeechier, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle, catch, from Latin im- (in) + pedica a fetter, from pēs foot
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