Criminate

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. transitive

    "‘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. 2
    rebuke formally wordnet
  3. 3
    To rebuke or censure (someone). archaic, transitive
  4. 4
    bring an accusation against; level a charge against wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Criminated. obsolete

    "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."

Synonyms

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accuseincriminateaccriminateaccuseappeacharraign

Example

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"‘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 […].’"

Etymology

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

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