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accuse

ac·cuse [ ə kyz ] (past and past participle ac·cused, present participle ac·cus·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cus·es)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb confront and blame: to confront somebody with a charge of having done something illegal, wrong, or undesirable

2. transitive verb charge: to charge somebody formally with having committed a crime

[14th century. Via French< Latin accusare "call somebody to account" < ad causa "to the (legal) case"]

ac·cus·er noun
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