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blame


Main Entry: 1blame
Pronunciation: \ˈblām\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): blamed; blam·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein
Date: 13th century

1 : to find fault with : censure <the right to praise or blame a literary work>
2 a : to hold responsible <they blame me for everything> b : to place responsibility for <blames it on me>

blam·er noun

to blame : at fault : responsible <says he's not to blame for the accident>

usage Use of blame in sense 2b with on has occasionally been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; blame on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as blame for. Both are standard.

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