Definition of accuse

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Accuse (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L..

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Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
Approver :: Approver (n.) An informer; an accuser.
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..
Recharge :: Recharge (v. t. & i.) To charge or accuse in return.
Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..
Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..
Delate :: Delate (v.) To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce..
Accusement :: Accusement (n.) Accusation.
Defame :: Defame (v. t.) To charge; to accuse.
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..
Implead :: Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach..
Alfet :: Alfet (n.) A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Find :: Find (v. t.) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person..
Culprit :: Culprit (p. p.) One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
Accusant :: Accusant (n.) An accuser.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person..
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..
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