accuse
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ac·cuse
(ə-kyūz') 
v., -cused, -cus·ing, -cus·es. v.tr.
To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.
accusingly ac·cus'ing·ly adv.
v., -cused, -cus·ing, -cus·es. v.tr.
- To charge with a shortcoming or error.
- To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.
[Middle English acusen, from Latin accūsāre : ad-, ad- + causa, lawsuit.]
accuser ac·cus'er n.accusingly ac·cus'ing·ly adv.
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accuse
verb
- To make an accusation against: arraign, charge, denounce, incriminate, indict, tax. See attack/defend, law, praise/blame.
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accuse
v
Definition: place blame for wrongdoing, fault
Antonyms: absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate
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accuse
To directly and formally institute legal proceedings against a person, charging that he or she has committed an offense cognizable at law; to prosecute, to charge with an offense judicially or by public process. See 73 So. 225, 228.
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
v.t.
To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
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IN BRIEF: Blame for; Make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
— Oliver Goldsmith, Source: The Vicar of Wakefield
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categories related to 'accuse'
- Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - accuse: (vb) find fault with, blame
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Accuse
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anklage, sigte for
v. intr. - beskylde for, anklage, sigte
Nederlands (Dutch)
beschuldigen, een aanklacht indienen
Français (French)
v. tr. - accuser qn de qch, (Jur) accuser de
v. intr. - accuser qn de qch
Deutsch (German)
v. - beschuldigen, anklagen, bezichtigen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατηγορώ, μέμφομαι, ψέγω
Italiano (Italian)
accusare, incolpare, imputare
idioms:
- accuse of accusare di
Português (Portuguese)
v. - acusar, culpar, incriminar, censurar, repreender
idioms:
- accuse of acusar por causa de
idioms:
- accuse of обвинять в чем-либо
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acusar, culpar, inculpar
v. intr. - acusarse, culparse, inculparse
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - anklaga, klandra
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
指控, 控告, 指责, 把...归咎于
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 指控, 控告, 指責, 把...歸咎於
v. intr. - 指控, 控告, 指責
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고발하다, 나무라다
v. intr. - 고발하다, 비난하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 告発する, 非難する, 責める
idioms:
- accuse of 告発する, 起訴する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يوجه تهمه, يتهم
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - האשים
v. intr. - תלה אשמה ב-
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