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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, 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. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me --Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. --Macaulay. 2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. --Rom. ii 15. 3. To betray; to show [L.] --Sir P. Sidney. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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