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accuseaccuse /əˈkyuz/ ●●○ S2 W2 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYaccuseOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French acuser, from Latin accusare to get someone to explain their actions VERB TABLEaccuse |
Present | I, you, we, they | accuse | | he, she, it | accuses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | accused | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have accused | | he, she, it | has accused | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had accused | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will accuse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have accused |
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Present | I | am accusing | | he, she, it | is accusing | | you, we, they | are accusing | Past | I, he, she, it | was accusing | | you, we, they | were accusing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been accusing | | he, she, it | has been accusing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been accusing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be accusing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been accusing |
► stand accused of The police stand accused of (=are officially accused of) inaction during the riots. THESAURUSto say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad► blameto say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad: Don’t blame me – it’s not my fault. ► put/place/lay the blame on to say who or what you think is responsible for something bad, sometimes unfairly or wrongly: Republicans are trying to put the blame on the Democrats for the budget problems. ► accuse to say that someone is guilty of a crime or has done something very bad: Her boss accused her of stealing the money. ► hold somebody responsible to say who you think caused something bad when it was his or her duty to prevent it from happening: She held the doctors responsible for her husband’s death. to say that you think someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad: accuse somebody of (doing) something Are you accusing me of lying? He’s accused of murder. The police stand accused of (=are officially accused of) inaction during the riots.► see thesaurus at blame1 [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French acuser, from Latin accusare to get someone to explain their actions]—accuser noun [countable] |