What does ACCUSE mean?
Definitions for ACCUSE
əˈkyuzac·cuse
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ACCUSE.
Princeton's WordNet
accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminateverb
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
"The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
charge, accuseverb
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
"he charged the director with indifference"
Wiktionary
accusenoun
An accusation - Shakespeare
accuseverb
To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
accuseverb
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.
accuseverb
To make an accusation against someone.
Etymology: * First attested around 1300.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ACCUSEverb
Etymology: accuso, Lat.
He stripp’d the bears-foot of its leafy growth;
And, calling western winds accus’d the spring of sloth. John Dryden, Virgil, Georg. iv. l. 205.The professors are accused of all the ill practices which may seem to be the ill consequences of their principles. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Never send up a leg of a fowl at supper, while there is a cat or dog in the house, that can be accused for running away with it: But, if there happen to be neither, you must lay it upon the rats, or a strange greyhound. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Cook.
Their conscience bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15.
Your valour would your sloth too much accuse,
And therefore, like themselves, they princes choose. John Dryden, Tyrannick Love.
Wikipedia
Accuse
An accusation is a statement by one person asserting that another person or entity has done something improper. The person who makes the accusation is an accuser, while the subject against whom it is made is the accused. Whether a statement is interpreted as an accusation relies on the social environment in which it is made: What counts as an accusation is often unclear, and what kind of response is warranted is even less clear. Even a purely surface semantic analysis of accusatory language cannot be performed in the absence of social context, including who is making the accusation and to whom it is being made—often the subject of supposedly accusatory language might well interpret the utterance in question as something that he need not respond to. An accusation can be made in private or in public, to the accused person alone, or to other people with or without the knowledge of the accused person. An accuser can make an accusation with or without evidence; the accusation can be entirely speculative, and can even be a false accusation, made out of malice, for the purpose of harming the reputation of the accused.
ChatGPT
accuse
Accuse is a verb which means to claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal, typically without providing evidence or proof. It often involves formal charges in a judicial context but can also occur in a casual setting.
accuse
To accuse means to charge someone with an offense or crime; to make a claim that a person is responsible for wrongdoing, misconduct, or a violation; or to blame someone for an action that is considered unacceptable or damaging.
Webster Dictionary
Accusenoun
accusation
Accuseverb
to charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense
Accuseverb
to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor
Accuseverb
to charge with a fault; to blame; to censure
Accuseverb
to betray; to show. [L.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Accuse
ak-kūz′, v.t. to bring a charge against: to blame (with of before the thing charged, sometimes for).—adj. Accus′able, that may be accused.—ns. Accus′al, accusation; Accusā′tion, the act of accusing: the charge brought against any one.—adjs. Accusatō′rial, of an accuser; Accus′atory, containing accusation.—n. Accuse (Shak.), accusation.—p.adj. Accused′, charged with a crime: usually as a n., the person accused.—ns. Accuse′ment (Spens.), a charge; Accus′er, one who accuses or brings a charge against another. [O. Fr. acuser—L. accusāre—ad, to, causa, cause.]
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ACCUSE' in Verbs Frequency: #415
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ACCUSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ACCUSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of ACCUSE in a Sentence
I'm going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump. This man is a pathological liar. He doesn't know the difference between truth and lies, he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. And...his response is to accuse everybody else of lying.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
I watched the GOP debate ... and it was madness. I was blown away, and I keep thinking to myself: Wow, if Beau Willimon and the writing staff had a character like Donald Trump on our show -- if we had put a character out there, not named him Donald Trump, and that was someone who was legitimately running for office on our show, I think people would accuse us of jumping the shark.
It’s hard to accuse me of not doing things, i feel a responsibility to now be able to take what I did, that type of approach in the AG’s office and show that government can work.
The latest from this supposed democracy expert (and Jordanian prince) is to accuse President Trump of driving the U.S. democracy bus off a cliff. Apparently, Prince Zeid missed the civics lesson on the rule of law.
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- اِتَّهَمَ, اتهمArabic
- абвінавачваць, абвінаваціцьBelarusian
- обвинявамBulgarian
- acusarCatalan, Valencian
- obviňovat, obvinitCzech
- beschuldigenGerman
- akuziEsperanto
- acusar, denunciarSpanish
- syyttääFinnish
- accuserFrench
- cuir às lethScottish Gaelic
- acusarGalician
- accusarInterlingua
- menuduh, tuduhIndonesian
- akuzarIdo
- accusareItalian
- 問う, 着せるJapanese
- დაბრალებაGeorgian
- accusareLatin
- apkaltinti, kaltintiLithuanian
- whakapaeMāori
- beschuldigenDutch
- skylde, skuldeNorwegian Nynorsk
- beskyldeNorwegian
- oskarżać, oskarżyćPolish
- acusarPortuguese
- обвинять, винить, обвинитьRussian
- okriviti, optužitiSerbo-Croatian
- obtožitiSlovene
- anklagaSwedish
- suçlamakTurkish
- звинуватити, звинувачуватиUkrainian
- 控Chinese
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