Found 4 hits - Term: impeach, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impeach \impeach"\, v. t. imp. p. p. impeached; p. pr.
vb. n. impeaching. oe. empeechier to prevent, hinder,
bar, f. emp^echer, l. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in
+ pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. see foot, and
appeach, dispatch, impede.
1. to hinder; to impede; to prevent. obs.
1913 webster
these ungracious practices of his sons did impeach
his journey to the holy land. --sir j.
davies.
1913 webster
a defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
--howell.
1913 webster
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 impeach a judge. see impeachment.
1913 webster
3. hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring
discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's
motives or conduct.
1913 webster
and doth impeach the freedom of the state. --shak.
1913 webster
4. law to challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of
a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
1913 webster
note: when used in law with reference to a witness, the term
signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or
unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the
credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to
lessen, to disparage, to destroy. the credit of a
witness may be impeached by showing that he has made
statements out of court contradictory to what he swears
at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for
veracity is bad, etc.
syn: to accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair;
disparage; discredit. see accuse.
1913 webster
see also:
impeached impeaching foot appeach dispatch impede
impeachment accuse
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impeach \impeach"\, n.
hindrance; impeachment. obs.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
impeach
v 1: challenge the honesty or credibility of; as of witnesses
2: charge with an offense or misdemeanor; "the public officials
were impeached"
3: charge with a crime or misdemeanor
4: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "he
charged the man with spousal abuse" syn: accuse, incriminate,
criminate
see also:
accuse incriminate criminate
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 moby thesaurus words for "impeach":
accuse, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign,
article, asperse, attack, belittle, blame, book, bring accusation,
bring charges, bring to book, call into question, call to account,
cast aspersions on, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure,
challenge, charge, cite, complain, complain against, condemn,
criminate, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon,
damn, declaim, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, discredit,
disparage, fasten on, fasten upon, file a claim, finger,
fulminate against, hang something on, have up, implicate, imply,
impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, inform against,
inform on, insinuate, inveigh against, lay charges,
lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, malign, pin on, prefer charges,
press charges, pull up, put on report, reflect upon, report,
reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, slander, take to task,
task, taunt with, tax, twit, vilify
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