accuse
English
/əˈkjuːz/, /əˈkjuz/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
- (transitive) to charge with having committed a crime or offence
- (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English acusen derived from Old French acuser derived from Latin accūsō (accuse, blame, call to account).
Origin
Latin
accūsō
Gloss
accuse, blame, call to account
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accusable English
- accusably English
- accusal English
- accusative English
- accusatively English
- accusativeness English
- accusativity English
- accusatorial English
- accusatorily English
- accusatory English
- accused English
- accusee English
- accusement English
- accuser English
- accuseress English
- accusest English
- accuseth English
- accusive English
- accusor English
- coaccused English
- counteraccuse English
- misaccusation English
- misaccuse English
- nominoaccusative English
- nonaccusative English
- nonaccusatory English
- reaccuse English
- unaccusable English
- unaccusative English
- unaccusativity English
- unaccusatory English
- unaccused English
- accusabilis Latin
- accusatio Latin
- accusativus Latin
- accuso, accusare Latin
- accūsābilis Latin
- accūsāre Latin
- accūsātōrius Latin
- accūsō Latin
- αἰτιᾱτός Ancient Greek
- accusative Middle English
- acusen Middle English
- acuser Middle English
- acusance Old French
- acuser Old French
- akuzativ Albanian
- accuser Middle French
- accused
- accusal
- accuser
- accusor
- accusee
- reaccuse
- accusest
- accusive
- accuseth
- unaccused
- misaccuse
- coaccused
- accusable
- accusably
- accusative
- accusement
- accuseress
- accusatory
- unaccusable
- accusatively
- accusativity
- accusatorial
- unaccusatory
- accusatorily
- unaccusative
- nonaccusative
- counteraccuse
- nonaccusatory
- misaccusation
- unaccusativity
- accusativeness
- nominoaccusative