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Webster 1913 Edition


Inculpate

In-cul′pate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inculpated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inculpating
.]
[LL.
inculpatus
, p. p. of
inculpare
to blame; pref.
in-
in +
culpa
fault. See
Culpable
.]
[A word of recent introduction.]
To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. Contrasted with
exculpate
.
That risk could only exculpate her and not
inculpate
them – the probabilities protected them so perfectly.
H. James.

Definition 2024


inculpate

inculpate

English

Verb

inculpate (third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)

  1. (archaic) To imply guilt; to incriminate.