| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To accuse, incriminate, indict, blame or impute.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To charge or tax. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To ascribe or attribute.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb impeach.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (impeach) | 1. Challenge the honesty or veracity of; "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses".[Wordnet]. 2. Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; "The President was impeached".[Wordnet]. 3. Bring an accusation against; level a charge against.[Wordnet]. 4. Charge with a crime or misdemeanor.[Wordnet]. 5. Charge with an offense or misdemeanor; "The public officials were impeached".[Wordnet]. 6. To hinder; to impede; to prevent.[Websters]. 7. 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.[Websters]. 8. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.[Websters]. 9. To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: impeaching, impeached, impeaches, impeacher, impeachers, impeachingly and impeachedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "IMPEACHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1502. (references) |
Specialty Definition: IMPEACHING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Hindering. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: impeach
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Impeach Blair campaign | On August 26, 2004, a cross-party group of British MPs announced their intention to seek to impeach the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair for high crimes and misdemeanours. (references) | ||
| Movement to impeach George W. Bush | The phrase "Movement to impeach George W. Bush" is used in a number of ways. It can describe actions or events by individuals and groups within the public and private spheres intended to support or bring about the impeachment of US President George W. Bush. Or the phrase can be used in a more broad sense to imply the existence of a social movement, related to wishes of some members of the general public as a whole (for example two public opinion polls, including both Democrats and Republicans, indicate there is some public support for the impeachment of the president). (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: impeach | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Movement to impeach George W. Bush | 168 | Impeach Blair campaign | 18 | |
| Impeach Blair campaign | 18 | Impeach My Bush | 9 | |
| Impeach My Bush | 9 | Let's Impeach the President | 5 | |
| Let's Impeach the President | 5 | Movement to impeach George W. Bush | 168 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
