- 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.