单词 | criminate |
释义 | † criminateadj. Obsolete. Accused; charged with a crime. Cf. criminate v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted indictedc1440 accusedc1450 denounced1552 convict1569 criminatea1591 delatedc1598 panelled1618 impleaded1742 impeached1751 incriminated1858 a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1593) 142 If this bee a crime to call Vanitie, Vanitie: the wisest man that euer was before Christ was herein criminate, not when hee strayed, but when hee repented. 1600 Looke about You sig. H2 Send both, and both as prisoners crimminate Shall forfeite their last liues to Englands state. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). criminatev. 1. transitive. To prove (a person) guilty of a crime; to incriminate. Occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > prove (a charge) > prove one guilty criminate?1637 ?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique iii. 188 He that purgeth himselfe interpreteth the fact alwaies in the best sense, and he that Criminates, alwaies in the worst. 1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. (new ed.) 35 A Meeting of Four Thousand is no more Unlawful, then a Meeting of Four; for Number singly consider'd criminates no Assembly. 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. XI. 132 Evidence, which may tend to criminate, or exculpate, every person. 1795 C. Runnington Hist. Legal Remedy by Ejectment 378 In no case..can a wife be received to give evidence, tending to criminate her husband. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 129 Determined not to criminate himself by any allusion to the circumstance. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn II. xlix. 88 You must not ask me to criminate myself! 1928 E. J. Eberling Congress. Investig. iii. 177 The committee..had no right to criminate the witnesses by the answers it compelled to its questions. 1965 Times 2 Feb. 6/4 All evidence which would tend to criminate the co-accused. 1995 Immigration & Nationality Act (U.S. Congress Committee on Judiciary) (ed. 10) 317 No person shall be excused from furnishing the statement..for the reason that the statement so required..might tend to criminate that person. 2. transitive. To represent (a thing or action) as criminal; to censure; to condemn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 49 They criminate the Dutch and French Churches. a1677 Ld. North Light in Way to Paradise (1682) ix. 29 As for our Church Liturgy it is now criminated by many, as Idolatrous. 1710 B. Jenks tr. R. F. R. Bellarmino Ouranography 20 One Censures this, another Criminates that; and the most have their Arrows here to shoot. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 42. 330 To criminate the motives and actions of mankind. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. xii. 327 Eliot descends to criminate the Duke's magnificent tastes. 1877 S. Livermore Hist. Block Island 121 A legend that criminates a civil, Christianized community, and reduces them to a level with barbarians and pirates. 1965 I. Brant Bill of Rights xxi. 250 The same penalties were provided for any person who should similarly traduce the President of the United States, or any court or judge, by declarations tending to criminate their motives. 3. transitive. To accuse of or charge with a crime; to denounce. Cf. criminate adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 forwrayOE beclepec1030 challenge?c1225 indict1303 appeachc1315 aditea1325 appeal1366 impeachc1380 reprovea1382 arraigna1400 calla1400 raign?a1425 to put upa1438 present?a1439 ditec1440 detectc1449 articlec1450 billc1450 peach1465 attach1480 denounce1485 aret1487 accusea1500 filea1500 delate1515 crimea1550 panel1560 articulate1563 prosecute1579 impleada1600 to have up1605 reprosecute1622 tainta1625 criminatea1646 affect1726 to pull up1799 rap1904 run1909 a1646 W. Twisse Riches of Gods Love (1653) ii. sig. Ggg3v Look upon what grounds they criminated Calvin for making God the Authour of sinne. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico Index sig. D2 They criminate Don Iohn. 1731 W. Percival College-examination 6 When Death, with all its grimly Agonies, Stares in his Face, and criminates the Soul. 1793 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 386 I suppose the public servants will be criminated. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 134 We must begin in self-justification..by criminating those whom we mean to destroy. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 699 The noble penitent then proceeded to make atonement for his own crime by criminating other people..guilty and innocent. 1999 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 16 Aug. a18 Some would even criminate Lewis and other ministers, who also are AIDS activists, for cuddling sinners. Derivatives ˈcriminating adj. ΚΠ a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 427 Spoken with a sterne countenance and criminating voice. 1722 A. Cockburn Philos. Ess. Intermediate State of Blessed Souls 60 To raise within him criminating Thoughts. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iii. 79 A long criminating and recriminating chapter. 1928 E. J. Eberling Congress. Investig. v. 314 It performed two acts for the witness compelled to give criminating testimony. 2008 Consumer Bankruptcy News (Nexis) 3 July Marble did not disclose any facts that could be considered criminating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1591v.?1637 |
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