Obs. [earlier apechour, a. AFr. enpechour, OFr. empecheor: see prec. vb. and -ER.] One who impeaches; an accuser or informer.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., Apechowre, or apelowre, Appellator.
1548. Coverdale, Erasm. Par. Rom. v. 13. The lawe is not the authour of synne, but the … apeacher thereof.
1580. North, Plutarch (1676), 286. Common appeachers and accusers of the … chiefest Citizens.
1618. Raleigh, Rem. (1644), 116. The Angels would plead against you, and your own self … be your own most sharp appeacher.
