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criminate

verb

Etymology

First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from crīminātus

Definitions

  1. To accuse (someone) of a crime

    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 […].’

  2. To rebuke or censure (someone).

  3. Criminated.

    • If this bee a crime to call Vanitie, Vanitie: the wisest man that euer was before Christ was herein criminate, not when hee strayed, but when hee repented.

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Derived

accriminate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA