English
impeach
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/
Verb

impeach (impeaches, present participle impeaching; past and past participle impeached)

  1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.
    • These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
    • A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
  2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
    President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
  3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  4. (legal) 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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