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Word: Accuse
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English: from Old French acuser, and its source, Latin accusare ‘blame, charge with a crime’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkjuːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
charge (someone) with an offence or crime
Short Definition:charge someone with offence or crime
Examples:- he was accused of murdering his wife's lover
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