Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: accuse
IPA transcription: [əkj'uz]
Pronunciations of accuse
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
    Meaning: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
Usage examples
  • You cannot accuse my love.
  • "If I am innocent, why did she accuse me?"
  • They will continue to accuse us of doing, until we cease saying.
  • "Concealing it from us! my dear child, do you accuse Willoughby and Marianne of concealment?
  • And yet was he to accuse Miss Daisy Miller of actual or potential inconduite, as they said at Geneva?
  • "I accuse no one, sir," said Danglars; "I relate, and I will repeat before the count what I have said to you."
  • Humanity will draw a veil over this part of her character which it cannot approve, and may perhaps prompt some to impute her actions to her situation more than to her dispositions; and to lament the unhappiness of the former, rather than accuse the perverseness of the latter.
  • I hope this reasoning will be honoured with your approbation; and I have yet another motive which has some weight with me: I would not willingly give offence to any human being; and surely Madame Duval might accuse me of injustice, if, while I refuse to let her grand-daughter wait upon her, I consent that she should join a party of pleasure to London.
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