Impeached vs Impeaches - What's the difference?
impeached | impeaches |
(impeach)
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
* Sir J. Davies
* Howell
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
* President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
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.
As verbs the difference between impeached and impeaches
is that impeached is (impeach) while impeaches is (impeach).impeached
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Verb
(head)impeach
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Verb
(es)- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
- A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.