accuse (verb)
11accuse — verb 1) four people were accused of assault Syn: charge with, indict for, impeach for 2) you accused the companies of causing job losses Syn: blame for, hold responsible for, condemn for, criticize for, denounce for; informal point the finger at …
12accuse — [13] Accuse comes via Old French acuser from the Latin verb accūsāre, which was based on the noun causa ‘cause’ – but cause in the sense not of ‘something that produces a result’, but of ‘legal action’ (a meaning preserved in English cause list,… …
13accuse — [13] Accuse comes via Old French acuser from the Latin verb accūsāre, which was based on the noun causa ‘cause’ – but cause in the sense not of ‘something that produces a result’, but of ‘legal action’ (a meaning preserved in English cause list,… …
14accuse — [[t]əkju͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ accuses, accusing, accused 1) VERB If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it. [V n of n/ ing] My mum was really upset because he was accusing her of… …
15accuse */*/*/ — UK [əˈkjuːz] / US [əˈkjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms accuse : present tense I/you/we/they accuse he/she/it accuses present participle accusing past tense accused past participle accused to say that someone has done something wrong or committed …
16accuse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. charge with, blame, censure, hold responsible, arraign, indict, impeach, prefer charges, file a claim, challenge, denounce, fault, find fault, attack, brand, impute, involve, inculpate, incriminate, implicate, summon,… …
17accuse — ac|cuse [ ə kjuz ] verb transitive *** to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime: accuse someone of doing something: I do not want to accuse him of telling lies. accuse someone of something: She claims that her boss… …
18accuse — /əˈkjuz / (say uh kyoohz) verb (t) (accused, accusing) 1. to bring a charge against; charge with the fault or crime: to accuse the defendant of a crime. 2. to ascribe fault to: to accuse someone of being lazy. {Latin accūsāre accuse, blame;… …
19accuse of — phr verb Accuse of is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑indictment Accuse of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adultery, ↑cover up, ↑cowardice, ↑disloyalty, ↑favouritism, ↑impropriety, ↑incompetence, ↑involvement, ↑ …
20accuse*/*/ — [əˈkjuːz] verb [T] to say that someone has done something wrong or illegal Her employers accused her of theft.[/ex] Are you accusing me of lying?[/ex] accuser noun [C] …
