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inculpating

inculpating is the present participle and gerund of inculpate.

Meaning of inculpate

Verb

inculpate (third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)

  1. To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
    • “In a way that appears suspicious? That seems to inculpate me, perhaps?”2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 140

Questions about inculpating

What is inculpating the present participle and gerund of?
Inculpating is the present participle and gerund of inculpate.

Words near inculpating in the dictionary

  1. inculpableness
  2. inculpably
  3. inculpate
  4. inculpated
  5. inculpates
  6. inculpating
  7. inculpation
  8. inculpations
  9. inculpatory
  10. incult
  11. incultivated

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