impeach

English

Alternative forms

• empeach (obsolete)

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/
• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Verb

1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.
   • Sir J. Davies

     These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.

   • Howell

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

Derived terms

• impeachment

Translations

to hinder

• Bulgarian: препятствам (bg) (prepjatstvam), забавям (bg) (zabavjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阻礙／阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài), 阻止 (zh) (zǔzhǐ)

• Finnish: estää (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: empêcher (fr), entraver (fr)
• German: verhindern (de)
• Japanese: 阻止する (soshi suru), 遅滞させる (chitai saseru), 妨害する (bougai suru)
• Russian: препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ), меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ)
• Turkish: mani olmak (tr), önlemek (tr)

to bring legal proceeding against public official

• Belarusian: абвінава́чваць impf (abvinaváčvacʹ), абвінава́ціць pf (abvinavácicʹ)
• Bulgarian: обвинявам (bg) (obvinjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈劾／弹劾 (zh) (tánhé), 弹劾 (zh) (tánhé)

• Esperanto: akuzi
• Finnish: syyttää virkarikoksesta, nostaa virkasyyte
• French: suspendre (fr), destituer (fr)
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• German: anklagen (de)
• Japanese: 弾劾する
• Korean: 탄핵 (ko) (tanhaek)
• Portuguese: impugnar (pt)
• Russian: обвиня́ть (ru) impf (obvinjátʹ), предъявля́ть обвине́ние impf (predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije)
• Turkish: itham etmek (tr), suçlamak (tr)

to charge with impropriety

• Bulgarian: дискредитирам (bg) (diskreditiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控告 (zh) (kònggào), 質疑／质疑 (zh) (zhìyí), 质疑 (zh) (zhìyí)

• Esperanto: akuzi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: kyseenalaistaa (fi)
• French: discréditer (fr)
• Japanese: 疑問視する (gimonshi suru)
• Russian: обвиня́ть (ru) impf (obvinjátʹ), осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ)

Anagrams

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