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impeachable, a.|ɪmˈpiːtʃəb(ə)l|
Also 6 empechable.
[f. impeach v. + -able.]
Capable of being impeached, called in question, or accused; liable to impeachment; chargeable.
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 27 §9 The seid Maire..[shall] be nott hurted vexed impleted empeched nor empechable. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 14 [He] standeth in danger, and is impechable of heresie. 1678Lively Orac. iv. §27. 292 Would God none but the Romanist were impeachable of this detention of Scripture. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 573 All officers are impeachable. 1885Law Rep. 10 Prob. Div. 192 Assuming the deed not to be impeachable on those grounds. |