a. [ Cf. F. blâmable. ] Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. --
v. t.
We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
She . . . blamed her noble blood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To blame,
You were to blame, I must be plain with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. blame, fr. F. blâme, OF. blasme, fr. blâmer, OF. blasmer, to blame. See Blame, v. ]
Let me bear the blame forever. Gen. xiiii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. i. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. same as blameworthy.
a.
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a. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]
A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. [ 1913 Webster ]
We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a blameless manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being blameless; innocence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who blames. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. --
v. t. [ OE. desblamen, OF. desblasmer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + blasmer, F. blâmer, to blame. ] To clear from blame. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
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See adoptable.
See adventurous.
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See affectionate.
See afraid.
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See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
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See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
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See appeasable.
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See artificial.
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See beautiful.
See beliefful.
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See beneficial.
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See blamable.
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See boastful.
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See bribable.
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See ceremonious.
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See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.