accuse

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Related to accuses: nonplus, pretentiousness, imminent, laze, dissention, unbeknownst

accuse

verb accusare, arguere, attack, blame, bring a charge, bring accusation, bring in a true bill, charge with, cite, complain against, criminate, denounce, expose, fix blame, impeach, implicate, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lodge a complaint, prefer charges, prosecute, report against
Associated concepts: accusatory instrument

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I do not accuse them, sire; but I leave your Majesty to judge what five armed men could possibly be going to do in such a deserted place as the neighborhood of the Convent des Carmes.

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accuses me of going to unheard-of places, and thinks it ought to be joy enough for me to sit at home and count over my ancestors on my fingers.

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Say that the evil-speaking of which I am to be made the victim accuses me of malpractices--" here Bulstrode's voice rose and took on a more biting accent, till it seemed a low cry-- "who shall be my accuser?

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The magic egg-cup I usually carried about with me, and with its connivance I did some astonishing things with pennies, but even the penny that costs sixpence is uncertain, and just when you are saying triumphantly that it will be found in the egg-cup, it may clatter to the ground, whereon some ungenerous spectator, such as Irene, accuses you of fibbing and corrupting youthful minds.

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According to Holinshed, whom Shakspere follows, Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray of the murder.

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He accuses such idealists of hypocrisy and guile; he says they lack innocence in their desires and therefore slander all desiring.

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She weeps continually, and accuses herself unjustly as the cause of his death; her words pierce my heart.