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Charged with offense; as, an accused person.

Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. "Die self- accused." Cowper.

An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. [They] set up over his head his accusation. Matt. xxvii. 37.

anor. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay.

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. [Obs.]

The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone.

as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly.

A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

The action of bailing a person accused. Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton.

An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

One accused of, or ar An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior.

The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. -- Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having wal…

r employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person. To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak. To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God" Job. x…

ions. -- Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot. -- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. -- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in…

s, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.