accuse

t. [In Fr. accuser; Ital. acc us are, from Lat. accuso = (1) to call to account, (2) to arraign: ad to; causor = to conduct a law-suit; causa = a cause, also a suit at law.] [CAUSE.] 1. Law : To bring a civil or criminal charge against one with the view of obtaining redre from the criminal, his punishment, or both together, from a judicial tribunal. "And when he [Paul] was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man a pestilent fellow."- Acts xxvi. 2, 5. 2. Ordinary Life: (a) To complain against, to find fault with. having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly." Titus i. 6. their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another."- Rom. ii. 15. *(b) To discover or betray the existence or action of any person or thing. "The entrees of the yerde accuseth To him that in the watir museth." Rom. of the Rose, 1,591.