accuser

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accusator, from accusare. Equivalent to accuse +‎ -er. Doublet of accusator.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˑˈkju.zɚ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˑˈkjuː.zə/
  • Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

accuser (plural accusers)

  1. One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Translations

References
  • accuser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French accuser, from Old French acuser, accuser, borrowed from Latin accūsāre, present active infinitive of accūsō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ky.ze/
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Verb

accuser

  1. (transitive) to accuse
  2. (transitive) to find fault with.
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, page 180:
      Emma portait sa lettre au bout du jardin... Rodolphe venait l'y chercher et en plaçait une autre, qu'elle accusait toujours d'être trop courte.
      Emma took her letter to the end of the garden... Rodolphe came and fetched it and put another in its place, which she always found fault with for being too short.
  3. (intransitive, formal) to show; to reveal.
  4. (when used with ~ réception) to acknowledge receipt of something.

Conjugation
Conjugation of accuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle accusant
/a.ky.zɑ̃/
past participle accusé
/a.ky.ze/
infinitive
simple accuser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple accusant
/a.ky.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accuse
/a.kyz/		 accuses
/a.kyz/		 accuse
/a.kyz/		 accusons
/a.ky.zɔ̃/		 accusez
/a.ky.ze/		 accusent
/a.kyz/
imperfect accusais
/a.ky.zɛ/		 accusais
/a.ky.zɛ/		 accusait
/a.ky.zɛ/		 accusions
/a.ky.zjɔ̃/		 accusiez
/a.ky.zje/		 accusaient
/a.ky.zɛ/
past historic2 accusai
/a.ky.ze/		 accusas
/a.ky.za/		 accusa
/a.ky.za/		 accusâmes
/a.ky.zam/		 accusâtes
/a.ky.zat/		 accusèrent
/a.ky.zɛʁ/
future accuserai
/a.kyz.ʁe/		 accuseras
/a.kyz.ʁa/		 accusera
/a.kyz.ʁa/		 accuserons
/a.kyz.ʁɔ̃/		 accuserez
/a.kyz.ʁe/		 accuseront
/a.kyz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accuserais
/a.kyz.ʁɛ/		 accuserais
/a.kyz.ʁɛ/		 accuserait
/a.kyz.ʁɛ/		 accuserions
/a.ky.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accuseriez
/a.ky.zə.ʁje/		 accuseraient
/a.kyz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accuse
/a.kyz/		 accuses
/a.kyz/		 accuse
/a.kyz/		 accusions
/a.ky.zjɔ̃/		 accusiez
/a.ky.zje/		 accusent
/a.kyz/
imperfect2 accusasse
/a.ky.zas/		 accusasses
/a.ky.zas/		 accusât
/a.ky.za/		 accusassions
/a.ky.za.sjɔ̃/		 accusassiez
/a.ky.za.sje/		 accusassent
/a.ky.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accuse
/a.kyz/		 — accusons
/a.ky.zɔ̃/		 accusez
/a.ky.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

accūser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of accūsō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acuser, accuser, borrowed from Latin accuso, accusare.

Verb

accuser

  1. to accuse

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of accuser
simple compound
infinitive accuser avoir accusé
gerund en accusant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle accusant
past participle accusé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present accuse accuses accuse accusons accusez accusent
imperfect accusois, accusoys accusois, accusoys accusoit, accusoyt accusions, accusyons accusiez, accusyez accusoient, accusoyent
past historic accusa accusas accusa accusasmes accusastes accuserent
future accuserai, accuseray accuseras accusera accuserons accuserez accuseront
conditional accuserois, accuseroys accuserois, accuseroys accuseroit, accuseroyt accuserions, accuseryons accuseriez, accuseryez accuseroient, accuseroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present accuse accuses accuse accusons accusez accusent
imperfect accusasse accusasses accusast accusassions accusassiez accusassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— accuse — accusons accusez —

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