Definition of Accuse. Meaning of Accuse. Synonyms of Accuse

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Definition of Accuse

Accuse
Accuse Ac*cuse", n. Accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.
Accuse
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.

Meaning of Accuse from wikipedia

- Look up accuser or accusation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Accuser may refer to: Someone who accuses Satan, whose name means "accuser" (or "adversary")...
- has done something improper. The person who makes the accusation is an accuser, while the subject against whom it is made is the accused. Whether a statement...
- I Accuse is a 2003 drama film directed by John Ketcham. It is based on the case of John Schneeberger, a Canadian doctor convicted of using drugs to rape...
- Ronan the Accuser is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, he first...
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- The Accusers is a 2003 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the 15th book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Ancient Rome...
- allegation can occur as the result of intentional lying on the part of the accuser; or unintentionally, due to a confabulation, either arising spontaneously...
- I Accuse! is a British 1958 CinemaScope biographical drama film directed by and starring José Ferrer. The film is based on the true story of the Dreyfus...
- Accuser, often stylized Accu§er, is a German thrash metal group from Kreuztal near Siegen. Founded in 1986, they notably released one album on Century...
- Accused (French: Accusé) was a French legal drama television anthology series created by Laurent Vivier, that is based on the 2010 British series of the...