Definitions
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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”
“President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.”
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