impeaching

Verb

impeach (third-person singular simple present impeaches, present participle impeaching, simple 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.1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
2. 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.
3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
4. To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.