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ac·cuse

(ə-kyo͞oz′)

v. ac·cused, ac·cus·ing, ac·cus·es

v. tr.

1. To charge with a shortcoming or error.

2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing.

v. intr.

To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.

[Middle English acusen, ultimately (party via Old French acuser) from Latin accūsāre : ad-, ad- + causa, lawsuit; see cause.]

ac·cus′er n.

ac·cus′ing·ly adv.

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accuse

(əˈkjuːz)

to charge (a person or persons) with some fault, offence, crime, etc; impute guilt or blame

[C13: via Old French from Latin accūsāre to call to account, from ad- to + causa lawsuit]

acˈcuser n

acˈcusing adj

acˈcusingly adv

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ac•cuse

(əˈkyuz)

v. -cused, -cus•ing. v.t.

1. to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usu. fol. by of): He was accused of murder.

2. to blame.

v.i.

3. to make an accusation.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French acuser < Latin accūsāre to blame, charge with a crime =ac- ac- + -cūsāre, v. derivative of causa; see cause]

ac•cus′a•ble, adj.

ac•cus′a•bly, adv.

ac•cus′er, n.

ac•cus′ing•ly, adv.

accuse

– charge

1. 'accuse'

If you accuse someone of doing something wrong, you say that they did it.

He accused them of drinking beer while driving.

He is accused of killing ten young women.

Be Careful!
Don't say that you accuse someone 'for' doing something wrong.

2. 'charge'

When the police charge someone with committing a crime, they formally accuse them of it.

He was arrested and charged with committing a variety of offences.

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accuse

Past participle: accused
Gerund: accusing

Imperative
accuse
accuse

Present
I accuse
you accuse
he/she/it accuses
we accuse
you accuse
they accuse

Preterite
I accused
you accused
he/she/it accused
we accused
you accused
they accused

Present Continuous
I am accusing
you are accusing
he/she/it is accusing
we are accusing
you are accusing
they are accusing

Present Perfect
I have accused
you have accused
he/she/it has accused
we have accused
you have accused
they have accused

Past Continuous
I was accusing
you were accusing
he/she/it was accusing
we were accusing
you were accusing
they were accusing

Past Perfect
I had accused
you had accused
he/she/it had accused
we had accused
you had accused
they had accused

Future
I will accuse
you will accuse
he/she/it will accuse
we will accuse
you will accuse
they will accuse

Future Perfect
I will have accused
you will have accused
he/she/it will have accused
we will have accused
you will have accused
they will have accused

Future Continuous
I will be accusing
you will be accusing
he/she/it will be accusing
we will be accusing
you will be accusing
they will be accusing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been accusing
you have been accusing
he/she/it has been accusing
we have been accusing
you have been accusing
they have been accusing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been accusing
you will have been accusing
he/she/it will have been accusing
we will have been accusing
you will have been accusing
they will have been accusing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been accusing
you had been accusing
he/she/it had been accusing
we had been accusing
you had been accusing
they had been accusing

Conditional
I would accuse
you would accuse
he/she/it would accuse
we would accuse
you would accuse
they would accuse

Past Conditional
I would have accused
you would have accused
he/she/it would have accused
we would have accused
you would have accused
they would have accused

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Verb	1.	accuse - bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" criminate, incriminate, impeach reproach, upbraid - express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" arraign - accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy recriminate - return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return lodge, file, charge - file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
	2.	accuse - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" charge blame, fault - put or pin the blame on accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach - bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" indict - accuse formally of a crime

accuse

verb

1. point a or the finger at, blame for, denounce, attribute to, hold responsible for, impute blame to He accused her of having an affair with another man.
point a or the finger at deny, exonerate

2. charge with, indict for, impeach for, arraign for, cite, tax with, censure with, incriminate for, recriminate for Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police.
charge with vindicate, exonerate, absolve

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accuse

verb

To make an accusation against:

arraign, charge, denounce, incriminate, indict, tax.

Translations

يَتَّـهِـميَتَّهِمُ

obvinit

beskyldeanklage

beschuldigen bezichtigen la

καταγγέλλω κατηγορώ

acusar

syyttää

accuser

optužitiokriviti

tuduh

ásaka

accusare accusativo accusatorio addebitare caricare

訴える

고소하다

accusare

apkaltintikaltinamasiskaltinimaskaltinti

apsūdzēt

обвинять винить обвинить

obtoženiobtožiti

anklaga

กล่าวหา

suçlamak

buộc tội

指控控告

accuse

[əˈkjuːz] VT to accuse sb (of) → acusar a algn (de)
he stands accused of → se le acusa de ...

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accuse

[əˈkjuːz] vt → accuser
to accuse sb of sth [+ dishonesty, immorality, murder] → accuser qn de qch
The police are accusing her of murder → La police l'accuse de meurtre.
to accuse sb of doing sth → accuser qn de faire qch, accuser qn d'avoir fait qch
to be accused of sth → être accusé(e) de qch

accuse

(Jur) → anklagen (→ of wegen, +gen); he is or stands accused of murder/theft → er ist des Mordes/Diebstahls angeklagt, er steht unter Anklage des Mordes/Diebstahls (form)

person → beschuldigen, bezichtigen; to accuse somebody of doing or having done something → jdn beschuldigen or bezichtigen, etw getan zu haben; are you accusing me? I didn’t take it! → beschuldigen Sie mich? Ich habe es nicht genommen; are you accusing me of lying/not having checked the brakes? → willst du (damit) vielleicht sagen, dass ich lüge/die Bremsen nicht nachgesehen habe?; to accuse somebody of being untidy → jdm vorwerfen, unordentlich zu sein; who are you accusing, the police or society? → wen klagen Sie an, die Polizei oder die Gesellschaft?; I accuse the government of dishonesty → ich werfe der Regierung Unehrlichkeit vor; a generation stands accused of hypocrisy → eine Generation wird der Scheinheiligkeit beschuldigt or angeklagt or geziehen (geh); we all stand accused → uns alle trifft eine Schuld

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accuse

[əˈkjuːz] vt to accuse sb (of) → accusare qn (di)

accuse

(əˈkjuːz) verb

(with of) to charge (someone) with having done something wrong. They accused him of stealing the car.

ˌaccuˈsation (ӕ-) noun

the accused

the person(s) accused in a court of law. The accused was found not guilty.

accuse

→ يَتَّهِمُ obvinit beskylde beschuldigen κατηγορώ acusar syyttää accuser optužiti accusare 訴える 고소하다 beschuldigen beskylde oskarżyć acusar обвинять anklaga กล่าวหา suçlamak buộc tội 指控

accuse

v. acusar, denunciar, culpar.

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With such a smile then, and with a voice sweet as the evening breeze of Boreas in the pleasant month of November, Mrs Bridget gently reproved the curiosity of Mrs Deborah; a vice with which it seems the latter was too much tainted, and which the former inveighed against with great bitterness, adding, "That, among all her faults, she thanked Heaven her enemies could not accuse her of prying into the affairs of other people."