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Term: IMPESCARE
Definition: Impescare is a word that means to accuse or impeach someone. It comes from the Law French word empescher. In history, people would use this word to bring charges against someone they believed had done something wrong.
impescare (im-pə-skair-ee), vb.[fr. Law French empescher “to impeach”] Hist. To impeach; to accuse.
These examples illustrate the historical use of the term impescare to mean "to impeach" or "to accuse". In the first example, the parliament is accusing the king of treason, while in the second example, the judge is accusing the witness of lying under oath. Both cases involve a formal accusation of wrongdoing, which is the essence of the definition of impescare.