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| ac·cuse [ ə kyz ] (past and past participle ac·cused, present participle ac·cus·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cus·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb confront and blame: to confront somebody with a charge of having done something illegal, wrong, or undesirable
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2. transitive verb charge: to charge somebody formally with having committed a crime
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin accusare "call somebody to account" < ad causa "to the (legal) case"] |
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 ac·cus·er noun |
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