accuse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: accuse	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for accuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accuse v bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" Synonym(s): accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" Synonym(s): charge, accuse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, n. Accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accuse \Accuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse* one of a high crime or misdemeanor. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. --Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. --Macaulay. 2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. --Rom. ii. 15. 3. To betray; to show. [L.] --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. Usage: To {Accuse}, {Charge}, {Impeach}, {Arraign}. These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.