im·peach
- verb: impeach; 3rd person present: impeaches; past tense: impeached;
past participle: impeached; gerund or present participle: impeaching
1. call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice).
Similar: challenge; question; call into question; cast doubt on; raise doubts about
Opposite: confirm
British: charge with treason or another crime against the state.
US: charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.
Origin
- late Middle English (also in the sense ‘hinder, prevent’; earlier as
empeche ): from Old French empecher ‘impede’, from late Latin impedicare
‘catch, entangle’ (based on pedica ‘a fetter’, from pes, ped- ‘foot’).
Compare with impede.
The offered definitions, from online sources, are not correct, However, the etymology is spot on!
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impeach (v.)
formerly
also empeach, late 14c., empechen, "to impede, hinder, prevent;" early
15c., "cause to be stuck, run (a ship) aground," also "prevent (from
doing something)," from Anglo-French empecher, Old French empeechier "to
hinder, stop, impede; capture, trap, ensnare" (12c., Modern French
empêcher), from Late Latin impedicare "to fetter, catch, entangle," from
assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + Latin
pedica "a shackle, fetter," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (from PIE
root *ped- "foot").
In
law, at first in a broad sense, "to accuse, bring charges against" from
late 14c.; more specifically, of the king or the House of Commons, "to
bring formal accusation of treason or other high crime against
(someone)" from mid-15c. The sense of "accuse a public officer of
misconduct" had emerged from this by 1560s. The sense shift is perhaps
via Medieval Latin confusion of impedicare with Latin impetere "attack,
accuse" (see impetus), which is from the Latin verb petere "aim for,
rush at" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly").
The
Middle English verb apechen, probably from an Anglo-French variant of
the source of impeach, was used from early 14c. in the sense "to accuse
(someone), to charge (someone with an offense)." Related: Impeached;
impeaching.
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It's not about justice. It's about sabotage.
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FILED UNDER: Understanding what was stated, and also implied, by Bro. Anderson
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Mason is Obliged*, by his Tenure**, to Obey the Moral Law; and, if he
Rightly Understands the Art***, shall never be**** a Stupid Atheist***** or
Irreligious****** Libertine*******.
AS IN...
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Mason is Bound, by his Grasp, to Obey the Moral Law; and, if he Rightly
Understands Acting, shall never Authentically Portray a Stupid Atheist
or a Disrespectful free thinker not bound by accepted religious conventions.
* Bound
** Grasp
*** Acting
**** Authentically Portray
***** Someone who does not believe in a "Personal" God
******Disrespectful in regards to Religion
*******A free thinker not bound by accepted conventions
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