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English Dictionary: impeaching by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeached}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Impeaching}.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder,
      bar, F. emp[88]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in
      + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and
      {Appeach}, {Dispatch}, {Impede}.]
      1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
  
                     These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach
                     his journey to the Holy Land.            --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
                     A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
                                                                              --Howell.
  
      2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse;
            especially to charge (a public officer), before a
            competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite
            before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to
            arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See {Impeachment}.
  
      3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring
            discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's
            motives or conduct.
  
                     And doth impeach the freedom of the state. --Shak.
  
      4. (Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of
            a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
  
      Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term
               signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or
               unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the
               credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to
               lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a
               witness may be impeached by showing that he has made
               statements out of court contradictory to what he swears
               at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for
               veracity is bad, etc.
  
      Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair;
               disparage; discredit. See {Accuse}.
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