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criminates

criminates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of criminate.

Meaning of criminate

Verb

criminate (third-person singular simple present criminates, present participle criminating, simple past and past participle criminated)

  1. (transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
    • ‘I am now under confinement in this place for debt; but if you obtain […] a condition from the judge that what I reveal shall not criminate myself, I will make discoveries that shall confound that same Marquis […].’1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 331
  2. (archaic, transitive) To rebuke or censure (someone).

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Questions about criminates

What is criminates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Criminates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of criminate.

Words near criminates in the dictionary

  1. criminaloid
  2. criminaloids
  3. criminals
  4. criminate
  5. criminated
  6. criminates
  7. criminating
  8. crimination
  9. criminations
  10. criminative
  11. criminator

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