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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈkjuːz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈkjuz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə kyo̅o̅z′)

Inflections of 'accuse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

accuses: v 3rd person singular

accusing: v pres p

accused: v past

accused: v past p

ac•cuse /əˈkyuz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object (+ of + object)], -cused, -cus•ing.

to charge with a fault, offense, or crime:They accused him (of murder).

ac•cus•er, n. [countable]

ac•cuse (ə kyo̅o̅z′),USA pronunciation v., -cused, -cus•ing.
v.t.

to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually fol. by of):He accused him of murder.
to find fault with;
blame.

v.i.

to make an accusation.

Latin accūsāre to call to account (ac- ac- + -cūs-, combining form of caus-; see cause)
Old French acuser
Middle English ac(c)usen 1250–1300

ac•cus′a•ble, adj.
ac•cus′a•bly, adv.
ac•cus′ant, n.
ac•cus′ing•ly, adv.

1, 2. exonerate.

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accuse /əˈkjuːz/ vb

to charge (a person or persons) with some fault, offence, crime, etc; impute guilt or blame

Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin accūsāre to call to account, from ad- to + causa lawsuitacˈcuser n acˈcusing adj acˈcusingly adv

'accuse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

accost - accusative - argue - arraign - article - bewray - blame - category - charge - confront - denounce - finger - Gance - impeach - incriminate - indict - lie - name - recriminate - stow - surmise - tax - twit - accusal - accusation - accusatory - accused - accuser - attaint - attribute - base - calumniate - criminate - defame - defer - delate - implead - inculpate - preaccuse - reaccuse - redbait - report - run - tag

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Synonyms: blame, hold sb responsible, hold sb accountable, cast blame upon, hang sth on sb, more...

Collocations: didn't mean to accuse you (of anything), has been accused of [murder, robbery], was accused of [stealing, murdering], more...

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