criminate
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criminate
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First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
verb criminates · criminating · criminated
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To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
‘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 […].’
Similar: arraign, charge, incriminate, accriminate, accuse, appeach, becry, tax, criminate, have up, inculpate, indict
- To rebuke or censure (someone).
adjective more criminate · most criminate
- Criminated. 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.
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Talk about this word "criminate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/criminate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. criminate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/criminate "criminate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/criminate.Cite this
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title = {criminate},
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