appeach

verb

-ed/-ing/-es

transitive verb

1

obsolete : to bring a charge against : accuse

2

obsolete : to cast aspersions on

intransitive verb

obsolete : to bring accusation

Word History

Etymology

Middle English apechen, from (assumed) Anglo-French apecher, anpecher, from Late Latin impedicare to entangle

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