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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blame \Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blamed} (bl[=a]md); p. pr & vb n. {Blaming}.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[^a]mer, OF blasmer fr L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL also to blame, fr Gr blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr fa`nai to say Cf {Blaspheme}, and see {Fame}.] 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of to find fault with to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves --Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser. {To blame}, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blamed adj : expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blessed}, {damn}, {damned}, {darned}, {deuced}, {everlasting}, {goddam}, {goddamn}, {goddamned}, {infernal}]
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