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accuseth

accuseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accuse.

Meaning of accuse

Verb

accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

  1. (transitive) To find fault with, blame, censure.
    • […] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 2:15
  2. (transitive) To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
    • For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.
  3. (intransitive) To make an accusation against someone.
    • According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal...2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55

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Origin of accuseth

From accuse + -eth.

Questions about accuseth

What is accuseth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Accuseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of accuse.

Words near accuseth in the dictionary

  1. accuseress
  2. accuseresses
  3. accusers
  4. accuses
  5. accusest
  6. accuseth
  7. accusin'
  8. accusing
  9. accusingly
  10. accusings
  11. accusive

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