accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
(verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; “The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse”
impeach
(verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; “The President was impeached”
impeach
(verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of; “the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
• aphemic
Source: Wiktionary
Im*peach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] Etym: [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. empĂŞcher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.]
1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.
2. 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.
3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. Shak.
4. (Law)
Definition: To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc.
Syn.
– To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
Im*peach", n.
Definition: Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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