From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blame \Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blamed}
(bl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaming}.] [OE. blamen, F.
bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL.
also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander,
to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for
blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) +
fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. {Blaspheme}, and see
{Fame}.]
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1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault
with; to reproach.
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We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson.
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2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]
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She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser.
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{To blame}, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as,
the conductor was to blame for the accident.
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You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blamed
adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: {blasted},
{blame}, {blamed}, {blessed}, {damn}, {damned}, {darned},
{deuced}, {goddam}, {goddamn}, {goddamned}, {infernal}]
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