Accuse1. (v. t.) To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense.
2. (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.
3. (v. t.) To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
4. (v. t.) To betray; to show. [L.]
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