impeach
/ɪmˈpit͡ʃ/ verb C1- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- 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.
He/she/it impeaches · Past impeached · Past participle impeached · -ing form impeaching
Verb forms
- Base form
- impeach
- He/she/it
- impeaches
- Past
- impeached
- Past participle
- impeached
- -ing form
- impeaching
From the library
The peddler had certainly spoken the truth when he declared that the dye wouldn’t wash off, however his veracity might be impeached in other respects.
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