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- [1] : 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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accusing \accusing\ adj.
1. serving to accuse; expressing accusation
syn: accusatorial, accusatory
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
accusing
adj : containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive
forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
and telltale trousers"- o.henry; "his accusing glare"
syn: accusative, accusatory, accusive
see also:
accusative accusatory accusive
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