transitive verb
-·pat·ed, -·pat·ing incriminate
Origin of inculpate
from Medieval Latin inculpatus, past participle of inculpare, to blame from Classical Latin in, in, on + culpa, fault, blameinculpate
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inculpate
transitive verb
in·cul·pat·ed, in·cul·pat·ing, in·cul·patesTo incriminate.
Origin of inculpate
Latin inculpāre inculpāt- in- on ; see in- 2. culpāre to blame ( from culpa fault )Related Forms:
- in′cul·pa′tion
noun
- in·cul′pa·to′ry
adjective
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)
- (archaic) To imply guilt; to incriminate.
Origin
From Late Latin inculpare.
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