Definition of accuse

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Accuse (v. t.) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor..

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Accusation :: Accusation (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge..
Approver :: Approver (n.) An informer; an accuser.
Culprit :: Culprit (p. p.) One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge..
Appeach :: Appeach (v. t.) To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
Self-accused :: Self-accused (a.) Accused by one's self or by one's conscience.
Peach :: Peach (v. t.) To accuse of crime; to inform against.
Last :: Last (a.) Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft..
Probator :: Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Justification :: Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment..
Accriminate :: Accriminate (v. t.) To accuse of a crime.
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
Accuse :: Accuse (v. t.) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor..
Accusement :: Accusement (n.) Accusation.
Retrial :: Retrial (n.) A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person..
Recrimination :: Recrimination (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
Accuser :: Accuser (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..
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