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accusatory
English
Etymology
From accuse +? -atory, or borrowed from Latin acc?s?t?rius.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?kju.z?.?t??.i/
Adjective
accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)
- pertaining to, or containing, an accusation [from the early 17th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- accusatory at OneLook Dictionary Search
- accusatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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accuse
English
Etymology
First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA(key): /??kju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /??kjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Hyphenation: ac?cuse
Verb
accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)
- (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
- (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence
- Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign
- (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
- Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate
Usage notes
- (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
accuse (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Accusation.
Further reading
- accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cuecas
French
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular present indicative of accuser
- third-person singular present indicative of accuser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- second-person singular imperative of accuser
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Noun
accuse f
- plural of accusa
Portuguese
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar
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