appeach
appeach verb: to charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
Verb
appeach (third-person singular simple present appeaches, present participle appeaching, simple past and past participle appeached)
- To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
- Thenne was Kynge Marke wonderly wrothe / and wold haue slayne Amant / but he and the two squyers held them to gyders / and sette nought by his malyce / whanne Kynge marke sawe he myght not be reuenged on them / he said thus vnto the Knyght Amant / wete thou wel / and thou apoeche me of treason / I...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
- For when Cymochles saw the fowle reproch, / Which them appeached, prickt with guilty shame, / And inward griefe, he fiercely gan approch[…].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms of appeach
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Forms of appeach
| third-person singular present | appeaches |
|---|---|
| present participle | appeaching |
| past participle | appeached |
| past | appeached |
Origin of appeach
From Anglo-Norman apescher, rare variant of Old French empescher, from Latin impedicō.
Words formed from appeach
Questions about appeach
- What does appeach mean?
- Appeach means to charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
- What part of speech is appeach?
- Appeach is a verb.
- What is the past tense of appeach?
- The past tense of appeach is appeached.
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