impeach
/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/
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British/ɪmˈpɪjt͡ʃ/
impeach verb: to hinder, impede, or prevent.
Verb
impeach (third-person singular simple present impeaches, present participle impeaching, simple past and past participle impeached)
- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- 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 Day1655, James Howell, “To my Father”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
impeach meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
impeach in Marathi
- महाभियोग करणे
impeach in Urdu
- کم کرنا, کمزور کرنا, مقدمہ کرنا, قباحت پیدا کرنا, رکاوٹ ڈالنا
impeach in Bengali
- অভিশংসন করা, অভিযুক্ত করা, সন্দেহ পোষণ করা
impeach in Malayalam
- സംശയംവച്ച് ചോദ്യംചെയ്യുക, കുറ്റാരോപണം ചെയ്യുക, കുറ്റവിചാരണ ചെയ്യുക, കുറ്റം ചുമത്തുക
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- impeach in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಹೊರಿಸು, ಮದಿಪು ಕೆಡಿಸು, ಆಪಾದನೆ ಮಾಡು, ದೋಷಾರೋಪಣೆ ಮಾಡು
- impeach in Odia
- ଅଭିଶଂସନ କରିବା
- impeach in Nepali
- महाभियोग गर्न
- impeach in Vietnamese
- luận tội, đàn hặc, gièm pha, nói xấu
Forms of impeach
| third-person singular present | impeaches |
|---|---|
| present participle | impeaching |
| past participle | impeached |
| past | impeached |
| alternative form (obsolete) | empeach |
Origin of impeach
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”).
Words formed from impeach
Words that rhyme with impeach
Questions about impeach
- What does impeach mean?
- Impeach means to hinder, impede, or prevent.
- What is impeach in Marathi?
- Impeach in Marathi is महाभियोग करणे. See Impeach meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is impeach?
- Impeach is a verb.
- How do you pronounce impeach?
- Impeach is pronounced /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of impeach?
- The past tense of impeach is impeached.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impeach (page history and authors); impeach (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impeach (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Impeach (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impeach (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impeach (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impeach (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impeach (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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