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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.
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.
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.
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.