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in⋅cul⋅pate

  [in-kuhl-peyt, in-kuhl-peyt]
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–verb (used with object), -pat⋅ed, -pat⋅ing.
1. to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
2. to involve in a charge; incriminate.
Origin:
1790–1800; < LL inculpātus ptp. of inculpāre to blame, equiv. to L in- in- 2 + culp(a) fault + -ātus -ate 1 ; cf. culpable

Related forms:
in⋅cul⋅pa⋅tion, noun
in⋅cul⋅pa⋅to⋅ry  [in-kuhl-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

Antonyms:
1, 2. exonerate.
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in·cul·pate   (ĭn-kŭl'pāt', ĭn'kŭl-)   
tr.v.   in·cul·pat·ed, in·cul·pat·ing, in·cul·pates
To incriminate.

[Latin inculpāre, inculpāt- : in-, on; see in-2 + culpāre, to blame (from culpa, fault).]
in'cul·pa'tion n., in·cul'pa·to'ry (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

inculpate 
1799, "to accuse, bring charges against," from M.L. inculpatus, pp. of inculpare "to reproach, blame, censure," from L. in- "in" + culpare "to blame," from culpa "fault." But inculpable (1491) means "not culpable, free from blame," from L. in- "not" + culpare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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