The Meaning of impeach

• (v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
• (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
• (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

Synonyms

accuse , incriminate , criminate

Rhymes

beach , beech , beseech , bleach , breach , breech , cheech , creach , creech , each , inspeech , keach , keech , keetch , leach , leech , leetch , leitch , microfiche , outreach , overreach , peach , piech , pietsch , pleach , preach , reach , reeche , screech , speech , swiech , teach , veatch , veech , weech , wiech