Word Meanings - APPEACH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.

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• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPEACHMENT
  Accusation.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• ACCUSE
  Accusation. Shak.
• IMPEACH
  To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper. Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when
• ERRORFUL
  Full of error; wrong. Foxe.
• INFORMANT
  1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. Glanvill. 2. One who imparts information or instruction.
• INFORMATION
  A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal
• INFORMER
  One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
• INFORMIDABLE
  Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. "Foe not informidable." Milton.
• APPEACHER
  An accuser. Raleigh.
• REPROACH
  LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your
• ASPERSER
  One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
• INFORMED
  Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed.
• ACCUSER
  One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
• INFORMALLY
  In an informal manner.
• REPROACHFUL
  1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn.
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• REACCUSE
  To accuse again. Cheyne.
• TERRORLESS
  Free from terror. Poe.
• DISPENSER
  One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
• MISINFORMER
  One who gives or incorrect information.
• TERRORIZE
  To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation. Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds.
• UNIMPEACHABLE
  Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness,