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appeaching

appeaching is the present participle and gerund of appeach.

Meaning of appeach

Verb

appeach (third-person singular simple present appeaches, present participle appeaching, simple past and past participle appeached)

  1. (archaic) 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

Questions about appeaching

What is appeaching the present participle and gerund of?
Appeaching is the present participle and gerund of appeach.

Words near appeaching in the dictionary

  1. appeach
  2. appeached
  3. appeacher
  4. appeachers
  5. appeaches
  6. appeaching
  7. appeachment
  8. appeachments
  9. appeal
  10. appeal court
  11. appeal courts

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