Dictionary

impeach en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪmˈpit͡ʃ/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
• /ɪmˈpɪjt͡ʃ/ (British, Southern, Standard)

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”).

Meanings

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:
   • I was afraid the same defluxion of Salt Rheum which fell from my Temples into my Throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the Uvula, impeached my Utterance a little to this Day 1655, James Howell, “To my Father”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

unimpeached · disimpeach · impeachment · impeacher · impeachable · impeachy

Translations (60)

hu vád alá helyez (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ru меша́ть (to hinder) · is kæra (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · fr discréditer (to charge with impropriety) · pt impichar (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · fi nostaa virkasyyte (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · de in Verruf bringen (to charge with impropriety) · tr önlemek (to hinder) · cmn 質疑 /质疑 (to charge with impropriety) · fi syyttää virkarikoksesta (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · fi kyseenalaistaa (to charge with impropriety) · de anklagen (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · he התחיל תהליך הדחה (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · fr entraver (to hinder) · vi bôi nhọ (to charge with impropriety) · hu bevádol (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ru обвиня́ть (to charge with impropriety) · vi đàn hặc (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · fr empêcher (to hinder) · ja 疑う (to charge with impropriety) · eo akuzi (to charge with impropriety) · tr suçlamak (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · es someter a un proceso de destitución (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · vi nói xấu (to charge with impropriety) · ru препя́тствовать (to hinder) · pt impugnar (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · bg обвинявам (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · es hacer/presentar un impeachment contra (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ru обвиня́ть (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · de die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln (to demonstrate a contradiction) · tr itham etmek (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · bg дискредитирам (to charge with impropriety) · ru осужда́ть (to charge with impropriety) · pt impedir (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ko 탄핵 (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · be абвінава́чваць (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · vi gièm pha (to charge with impropriety) · es impugnar (to demonstrate a contradiction) · ja 弾劾する (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ru предъявля́ть обвине́ние (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · vi chê trách (to charge with impropriety) · tr mani olmak (to hinder) · cmn 控告 (to charge with impropriety) · bg препятствам (to hinder) · cmn 阻止 (to hinder) · de verhindern (to hinder) · cmn 彈劾 /弹劾 (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ja 妨害する (to hinder) · kk күрмеу (to hinder) · ja 阻止する (to hinder) · kk импичмент жариялау (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ja 妨げる (to hinder) · fi estää (to hinder) · vi luận tội (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · de schlechtmachen (to charge with impropriety) · cmn 阻礙 /阻碍 (to hinder) · be абвінава́ціць (to bring legal proceeding against public official) · ja 遅滞させる (to hinder) · bg забавям (to hinder) · eo akuzi (to bring legal proceeding against public official)