n.
Pronunciation: ' bl ā m
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: blamed ; blam · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasph ē mein
Date: 13th century
1 : to find fault with : CENSURE <the right to praise or blame a literary work>
2 a : to hold responsible <they blame me for everything> b : to place responsibility for < blame s it on me>
– blam · er noun
– to blame : at fault : RESPONSIBLE <says he's not to blame for the accident>
usage Use of blame in sense 2b with on has occas. been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; blame on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as blame for. Both are standard.