English Explanatory Dictionary

criminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
  2. To rebuke or censure (someone).
adj
  1. Criminated.

Word forms

criminate criminates criminating criminated more criminate most criminate

Etymology

First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Synonyms

arraign charge incriminate accriminate accuse appeach becry criminate have up inculpate indict

Related words

discriminate incriminate recriminate

Derived words

accriminate
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