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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRIMINATE, v.t. [L.] To accuse; to charge with a crime; to alledge to be guilty of a crime, offense or wrong.
Our municipal laws do not require the offender to plead guilty or criminate himself.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate]
2: rebuke formally [syn: reprimand, censure, criminate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin criminatus, past participle of criminari, from crimin-, crimen accusation Date: 1645 incriminate • crimination noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Criminate Crim"i*nate (kr?m"?-n?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (-n?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n?"t?ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke. 2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. --Macaulay.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be guilty. 2. Involve in crime, implicate in guilt, show guilty.