accuse
/əˈkjuz/ verb B1- To find fault with, blame, censure.
- To charge with having committed a crime or offence. · For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.
- To make an accusation against someone.
Plural accuse · He/she/it accuses · Past accused · Past participle accused · -ing form accusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- accuse
- He/she/it
- accuses
- Past
- accused
- Past participle
- accused
- -ing form
- accusing
From the library
“True; but that gentleman being absent, his secretary, by his orders, opened his letters; thinking this one of importance, he sent for me, but not finding me, took upon himself to give the necessary orders for arresting the accused party.”
“Nay, dear mother, say the accused person.
“Who and what are you?” demanded Villefort, turning over a pile of papers, containing information relative to the prisoner, that a police agent had given to him on his entry, and that, already, in an hour’s time, had swelled to voluminous proportions, thanks to the corrupt espionage of which “the accused” is always made the victim.
He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
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