Impeach, vb. 1) to accuse, to reproach: Sonn. 125, 14. Err. V, 29. John II, 116. R2 I, 1, 170. H4A I, 3, 75. Rom. V, 3, 226.
2) to expose to reproach, to detract from: “you do i. your modesty too much, to leave the city,” Mids. II, 1, 214. “and doth i. the freedom of the state, if they deny him justice,” Merch. III, 2, 280. “if it be denied, will much i. the justice of his state,” III, 3, 29. “with pale beggar-fear i. my height,” R2 I, 1, 189.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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