impeach

Definition

To hinder, impede, or prevent.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land."
• "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"
• "President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."