[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accuse \accuse"\, n.
   accusation. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accuse \accuse"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. accused; p. pr.  vb.
   n. accusing. of. acuser, f. accuser, l. accusare, to call
   to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. cf. cause.
   1. to charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or
      offense; law to charge with an offense, judicially or by
      a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high
      crime or misdemeanor.
      1913 webster

            neither can they prove the things whereof they now
            accuse me.                            --acts xxiv.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

            we are accused of having persuaded austria and
            sardinia to lay down their arms.      --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. to charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
      1913 webster

            their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else
            excusing one another.                 --rom. ii. 15.
      1913 webster

   3. to betray; to show. r.                    --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

   syn: to charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict;
        impeach; arraign.

   usage: to accuse, charge, impeach, arraign. these
          words agree in bringing home to a person the
          imputation of wrongdoing. to accuse is a somewhat
          formal act, and is applied usually though not
          exclusively to crimes; as, to accuse of treason.
          charge is the most generic. it may refer to a crime, a
          dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it
          refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with
          dishonesty or falsehood. to arraign is to bring a
          person before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign
          one before a court or at the bar public opinion. to
          impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in
          office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. both
          impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar
          dignity or impressiveness.
          1913 webster
see also:
accused accusing cause accuse charge impeach 
arraign 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

accuse
     v 1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "he
          charged the man with spousal abuse" syn: impeach, incriminate,
           criminate
     2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior
        against; "he charged me director with indifference" syn:
        charge
see also:
impeach incriminate criminate charge 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "accuse":
   accuse of, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on,
   arraign, article, attribute, blame, book, bring accusation,
   bring charges, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon,
   cast reflection upon, censure, charge, charge with, cite, complain,
   complain against, condemn, criminate, criticize, cry down,
   cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce,
   denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, fulminate against,
   hang something on, impeach, imply, impugn, impute, incriminate,
   inculpate, indict, inform against, inform on, insinuate,
   inveigh against, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint,
   pin on, prefer charges, press charges, put on report, reflect upon,
   report, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, take to task,
   task, taunt with, tax, twit

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

accused. one who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

accuser. one who makes an accusation.

[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

accuse, v.t.  to affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

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