v.
Pronunciation: ə - ' kyüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form: ac · cused ; ac · cus · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French accuser, from Latin accusare to call to account, from ad- + causa lawsuit
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to charge with a fault or offense : BLAME
2 : to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process
intransitive verb : to bring an accusation
– ac · cus · er \ ə - ' kyü-z ə r \ noun
– ac · cus · ing · ly \ - ' kyü-zi ŋ -l ē \ adverb