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  ACCUSE, v.t.  To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
  justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, n.
     Accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
              accuse me.                            --Acts xxiv.
                                                    13.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We are accused of having persuaded Austria and
              Sardinia to lay down their arms.      --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else
              excusing one another.                 --Rom. ii. 15.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To betray; to show. [R.]                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, n.
     Accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  accuse
       v 1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He
            charged the man with spousal abuse" [syn: impeach, incriminate,
             criminate]
       2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior
          against; "he charged me director with indifference" [syn:
          charge]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Αγγλικά vb.
     κατηγορώ, μέμφομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Italian n.
     (plural of it accusa)
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) accusation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
     2 (lb en transitive law followed by "of") to charge with
  having committed a crime or offence

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) accusation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
     2 (lb en transitive law followed by "of") to charge with
  having committed a crime or offence

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Italian n.
     (plural of it accusa)
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) accusation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
     2 (lb en transitive law followed by "of") to charge with
  having committed a crime or offence

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Italian n.
     (plural of it accusa)
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) accusation.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
     2 (lb en transitive law followed by "of") to charge with
  having committed a crime or offence

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 a ccus e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  accuse
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb accuser)
     Italienska vb.
     (böjning it subst accusa)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  accuse /ɐkjˈuːz/
  1. aankla, aanklaag, aanklae
  2. aanbring, aangee

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Accuse /ɐkjˈuːz/
  اتّهم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  accuse //əˈkjuz// //əˈkjuːz// 
  обвиня́вам
  attribute blame to someone