Accuse

1. Accusation. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Accused; p. pr. & vb. n. Accusing

1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense (Law)

   Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

   We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms.

2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.

   Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.

3. To betray; to show. [R.]