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INCULPATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inculpate mean?
• INCULPATE (verb)
The verb INCULPATE has 1 sense:
1. suggest that someone is guilty
Familiarity information: INCULPATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they inculpate ... he / she / it inculpates
Past simple: inculpated
Past participle: inculpated
-ing form: inculpating
... he / she / it inculpates Past simple: inculpated
Past participle: inculpated
-ing form: inculpating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suggest that someone is guilty
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
imply; incriminate; inculpate
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)
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