impeach

== English == === Alternative forms === empeach (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -iːtʃ === Verb === impeach (third-person singular simple present impeaches, present participle impeaching, simple past and past participle impeached) To hinder, impede, or prevent. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question. (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === aphemic, Champie