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INCULPATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they inculpate ... he / she / it inculpates
Past simple: inculpated
Past participle: inculpated
-ing form: inculpating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suggest that someone is guilty
Synonyms:
imply; incriminate; inculpate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "inculpate" is one way to...):
evoke; paint a picture; suggest (call to mind)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
inculpation (an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed)
inculpative; inculpatory (causing blame to be imputed to)
