accuse
accuse (ə-kyzʹ) verb
accused, accusing, accuses
verb, transitive
1. To charge with a shortcoming or an error.
2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
verb, intransitive
To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.
[Middle English acusen, from Latin accūsāre : ad-, ad- + causa, lawsuit.]
accusʹer noun
accusʹingly adverb