appeach en · VERB
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman apescher, rare variant of Old French empescher, from Latin impedicō.
Meanings
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(archaic) To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
Thenne was Kynge Marke wonderly wrothe / and wold haue slayne Amant / but he and the two squyers held them to gyders / and sette nought by his malyce / whanne Kynge marke sawe he myght not be reuenged on them / he said thus vnto the Knyght Amant / wete thou wel / and thou apoeche me of treason / I shalle therof defende me afore Kynge Arthur
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Berkley Publishing, Book 4, Chapter 5, p. 557, “ […] When the riches are equal, we might say that the luckier side wins, as if by tossing a coin. Now, are you two sure, if you did appeach Queen Guenever of treason, that your side would be the luckier one?”
For when Cymochles saw the fowle reproch, / Which them appeached, prickt with guilty shame, / And inward griefe, he fiercely gan approch[…].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| appeaches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| appeaching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| appeached | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| appeached | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
appeach · becry · arraign · have up · incriminate · accuse · indict · arraign · inculpate · charge · tax · accriminate · indict · criminate · inculpate