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▪ I. † inˈculpate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. inculpātus, f. in- (in-3) + culpātus, pa. pple. of culpāre to blame.]
Unblamed, blameless, inculpable.
1612T. James Jesuits' Downf. 14 Every Iesuit takes vpon him to be an illuminate, an inculpate guider of soules. 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. xi. 171 Causes of Errour in the exercise of Reason which are inculpate in themselves.
▪ II. inculpate, v.|ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt, ɪnˈkʌlpeɪt|
[f. med. L. inculpāt-, ppl. stem of inculpāre, f. in- (in-2) + culpāre to blame; cf. exculpate. As to the pronunciation, see contemplate.]
1. trans. To bring a charge against; to accuse; to blame, find fault with.
1799S. Turner Anglo-Sax. I. iii. iii. 173 Gildas inculpates him for having destroyed his uncle. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. vi. 185 We should be slow to inculpate motives. 1846De Quincey Glance Wks. Mackintosh Wks. XIII. 65 The poor lady could have had no rational motive for inculpating herself.
2. To involve in a charge; to incriminate.
1839–40W. Irving Wolfert's R. (1855) 257 De Mille..confessed to a plot to murder the broker,..and inculpated the Count in the crime. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 427 Attempting to exculpate himself and inculpate Dr. Nassau for not having told him one was necessary.
Hence inculpated, inculpating ppl. adjs.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iii. ix, Will not perhaps the inculpated Deputies consent to withdraw voluntarily? 1864Daily Tel. 8 June, Major-General Dix..was..ordered forthwith to stop the further publication of the inculpated newspapers. 1892Pall Mall G. 15 Mar. 2/3, I think it is generally felt that the inculpating lie is more serious than the exculpating falsehood. |