All 3 Uses of
impeach
in
Bleak House
- He is a gentleman of strict conscience, disdainful of all littleness and meanness and ready on the shortest notice to die any death you may please to mention rather than give occasion for the least impeachment of his integrity.†
Chpt 1-3
- He addresses this to the astounded Tony, who admits the soft impeachment.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- Mr. Bucket receives the harmonious impeachment so modestly, confessing how that he did once chaunt a little, for the expression of the feelings of his own bosom, and with no presumptuous idea of entertaining his friends, that he is asked to sing.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(impeach as in: impeach the President) formally charge a public official with unlawful activity; or the resulting legal proceedings; or any removal resulting from such proceedings