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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accuse.

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accuse +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • [4447] Rivet accuseth to be more lascivious than Virgil in Priapeiis, Petronius in Catalectis,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • The Chamber-maide to the Physitians wife, going before the bench of Justice, accuseth her selfe for putting the imagined dead body into the Chest, by which meanes he escapeth hanging.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

    John 5. 1999

  • You say and you believe, according to the common opinion of your nation, that the woman upon whom a jealousy is brought, though she be indeed guilty, yet if the husband that accuseth her be faulty that way himself, she cannot be affected by those waters, nor contract any hurt or danger by them.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • It accuseth me not so much for want of ornaments or elegancy, nor for letting fall an unhandsome word; but it asketh me, ` How couldst thou speak of life and death with such a heart?

    The Reformed Pastor 1615-1691 1974

  • Wherefore, his being so doth in particular respect that part of his intercession wherein he undertakes our defence and protection when accused of sin: for Satan is ho kategoros, the accuser, Rev.xii. 10; and when he accuseth believers for sin, Christ is their parakletos, their patron and advocate.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • We have internal wants that are discerned in the light of a natural conscience: such is the guilt of sin, whereof that accuseth, -- sins against natural light and the plain outward letter of the law.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • He yet accuseth and chargeth them before God; but Christ is their advocate at the throne of grace, effectually frustrating all his attempts, Rev. xii.

    Christologia 1616-1683 1965

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