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Webster 1913 Edition

Blame

Blame

(blām)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blamed
(blāmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Blaming
.]
[OE.
blamen
, F.
blâmer
, OF.
blasmer
, fr. L.
blasphemare
to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr.
βλασφημεῖν
to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr.
βλάσφημοσ
evil speaking, perh, for
βλαψίφημος
;
βλάψισ
injury (fr.
βλάπτειν
to injure) +
φήμη
a saying, fr.
φάναι
to say. Cf.
Blaspheme
, and see
Fame
.]
1.
To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
We have none to
blame
but ourselves.
Tillotson.
2.
To bring reproach upon; to blemish.
[Obs.]
She . . .
blamed
her noble blood.
Spenser.
To blame
,
to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident.
You were
to blame
, I must be plain with you.
Shakespeare

Blame

,
Noun.
[OE.
blame
, fr. F.
blâme
, OF.
blasme
, fr.
blâmer
, OF.
blasmer
, to blame. See
Blame
,
Verb.
]
1.
An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
Let me bear the
blame
forever.
Gen. xiiii. 9.
2.
That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin.
Holy and without
blame
before him in love.
Eph. i. 4.
3.
Hurt; injury.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. – Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Blame

BLAME

,
Verb.
T.
[The Greeks have the root of this word, to blaspheme.]
1.
To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; opposed to praise or commend, and applicable most properly to persons, but applied also to things.
I withstood him, because he was to be blamed. Gal.2.
I must blame your conduct; or I must blame you for neglecting business. Legitimately, it cannot be followed by of.
2.
To bring reproach upon; to blemish; to injure. [See Blemish.]
She had blamed her noble blood.

BLAME

,
Noun.
Censure; reprehension; imputation of a fault; disapprobation; an expression of disapprobation for something deemed to be wrong.
Let me bear the blame forever. Gen.43.
1.
Fault; crime; sin; that which is deserving of censure or disapprobation.
That we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Eph.i.
2.
Hurt; injury.
And glancing down his shield, from blame him fairly blest.
The sense of this word, as used by Spenser, proves that it is a derivative from the root of blemish.
To blame, in the phrase,he is to blame, signifies blamable, to be blamed.
Blame is not strictly a charge or accusation of a fault; but it implies an opinion in the censuring party, that the person censured is faulty. Blame is the act or expression of disapprobation for what is supposed to be wrong.

Definition 2024

blâme

blâme

See also: blame and blâmé

French

Noun

blâme m ‎(plural blâmes)

  1. blame

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Verb

blâme

  1. first-person singular present indicative of blâmer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of blâmer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of blâmer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of blâmer
  5. second-person singular imperative of blâmer

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