*accus*

n. Accusation. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accusans, p. pr. of accusare: cf. F. accusant. ] An accuser. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. acusation, F. accusation, L. accusatio, fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] set up over his head his accusation. Matt. xxvii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Impeachment; crimination; censure; charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Producing accusations; accusatory. “This hath been a very accusative age.” Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) The accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an accusative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accusatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accusatorius, fr. accusare. ] Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accusation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accused p. pr. & vb. n. Accusing. ] [ OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. Cause. ] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts xxiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To betray; to show. [ R. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. -- To Accuse, Charge, Impeach, Arraign. These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Charged with offense; as, an accused person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commonly used substantively; as, the accused, one charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. acusement. See Accuse. ] Accusation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. acuser, accusour; cf. OF. acuseor, fr. L. accusator, fr. accusare. ] One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. serving to accuse; expressing accusation
Syn. -- accusatorial, accusatory [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In an accusing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accustomed p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming. ] [ OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; à (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom. ] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To habituate; inure; exercise; train. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be wont. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cohabit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Custom. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. accoustumance, F. accoutumance. ] Custom; habitual use. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Customarily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Usual; customary. [ Archaic ] Featley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. “An accustomed action.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Frequented by customers. [ Obs. ] “A well accustomed shop.” Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habituation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. désaccoutumer. ] To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To accuse again. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sacci [ L., a sack. ] (Biol.) A sac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. “Die self-accused.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]