■ verb assign responsibility for a fault or wrong to.
■ noun responsibility for a fault or wrong.
Phrases
be to ~ be responsible for a fault or wrong.
Derivatives
~able ( US also blamable ) adjective
~ful adjective
~worthiness noun
~worthy adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~r , blasmer , from pop. L. var. of eccles. L. blasphemare , from Gk blasphēmein (see blaspheme ).