different between indict vs accus

English

Etymology

From Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indict?re, from Latin in- + dict?re. Doublet of indite.

The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as was the case with most other descendants of dict?re (but see dight). The borrowed /i?/ regularly shifted to /a?/ in the course of the Great Vowel Shift; the "c" represents a later attempt at graphic Latinisation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n?da?t/
• Homophone: indite

Verb

indict (third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)

1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

2. (law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Derived terms

• indictable
• indictment

Translations

See also

• indite

English

Adjective

accus (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of accusative.

Old Irish

Verb

·accus

1. first-person singular future prototonic of ad·cí

Mutation