Accuse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈkjuːz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Accuse is a verb meaning (transitive) To find fault with, blame, censure.
Meaning
(transitive) To find fault with, blame, censure.
More Meanings
- (transitive, law, followed by "of") To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
- (intransitive) To make an accusation against someone.
- (obsolete) Accusation.
Example Sentences
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
[…] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.
And dogged York, that reaches at the moon, / Whose overweening arm I have plucked back, / By false accuse doth level at my life.
Word Forms
- accuses
- accusing
- accused
- accusest
- accusedst
- accuseth
Synonyms for accuse
Depending on context, synonyms include denounce, fault, atwite, bumble, challenge, cop out.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include criminate, incriminate, impeach, charge, accusation, blaming.
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