English Explanatory Dictionary

accuse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To find fault with, blame, censure.
  2. To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
  3. To make an accusation against someone.
noun
  1. Accusation.

Pronunciation

əkyo͞ozʹ /əˈkjuːz/ /əˈkjuz/ En-us-accuse.ogg

Word forms

accuse accuses accusing accused no-table-tags glossary accusest accusedst accuseth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsārelbor. Old French acuserbor. Middle English acusen English accuse First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.

Synonyms

denounce fault put the blame on accuse atwite blame bumble challenge cop out decry defame finger inculpate lay at someone's door lay on lay something at the feet of patronize point the bone put it to shend twit wite charge indict impeach arraign accriminate appeach becry criminate have up incriminate censure reproach

Related words

accusable accusation accusative accusatory accuser excuse recuse ruse

Derived words

accusal accusee accusement accusive accusor counteraccuse hackusate misaccuse reaccuse

Translations

Arabic: اِتَّهَمَ Asturian: acusar Azerbaijani: ittiham etmək Azerbaijani: suçlamaq Belarusian: абвінава́чваць Belarusian: абвінава́ціць Bulgarian: обвиня́вам Catalan: acusar Cherokee: ᎫᎯᏍᏗᎭ Cheyenne: -ho'é'ėšé'tov Chickasaw: ishtombohli Chinese Mandarin: 指責 /指责 Chinese Mandarin: 控告 Chinese Mandarin: 譴責 /谴责 Chinese Mandarin: 指控 Chinese Mandarin: 控訴 /控诉 Czech: obviňovat Czech: obvinit Danish: beskylde Danish: anklage Dutch: beschuldigen Dutch: aanklagen Esperanto: akuzi Finnish: syyttää French: accuser West-Frisian: beskuldigje Galician: acusar Georgian: დაბრალება German: beschuldigen German: anklagen Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 Greek: κατηγορώ Ancient Greek: κατηγορέω Hebrew: האשים Hindi: आरोप लगाना Hungarian: vádol Hungarian: megvádol Icelandic: kæra Ido: akuzar Indonesian: menuduh Interlingua: accusar Irish: coirigh Italian: accusare Japanese: 問う Japanese: 着せる Kituba: funda Kongo: funda Korean: 고소하다 Latin: accūsō Latin: crīminor Lingala: funda Lithuanian: apkaltinti Lithuanian: kaltinti Macedonian: обвинува Macedonian: обвини
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