Accuse of
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
he accused him of murder.
to find fault with; blame.
to make an .
verb
to charge (a person or persons) with some fault, offence, crime, etc; impute guilt or blame
v.
c.1300, “charge (with an offense, etc.), impugn, blame,” from old french acuser “to accuse, indict, reproach, blame” (13c.), earlier “announce, report, disclose” (12c.), or directly from latin accusare “to call to account,” from ad- “against” (see ad-) + causari “give as a cause or motive,” from causa “reason” (see cause (n.)). related: accused; accusing; accusingly.
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charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy. a person or persons charged in a court of law with a crime, offense, etc. (often preceded by the). to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): he accused him of murder. to find fault with; blame. to make an . […]
- Accuseds
charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy. a person or persons charged in a court of law with a crime, offense, etc. (often preceded by the). noun (law) the accused, the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge n. “person charged with a crime,” 1590s, from past participle of accuse (v.).
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to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): he accused him of murder. to find fault with; blame. to make an . contemporary examples black gays, in turn, are accusing their white gay peers of viscous racism. gays and blacks (and gay blacks) go to war the daily beast november 5, […]
- Accusingly
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of): he accused him of murder. to find fault with; blame. to make an . historical examples she rose up in alarm, but something in his smile made her sit down and eye him accusingly. wunpost dane coolidge brother,” the parson answered, accusingly, “it […]
- Accustom
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather. historical examples he had to instruct them to row together, and to accustom the port oarsmen to pull starboard from time to time. on the spanish main john masefield at its foot he stopped and tried to accustom his eyes to the […]