recriminate

From Latin recrīminātus, past participle of recrīminō.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/

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recriminate (third-person singular simple present recriminates, present participle recriminating, simple past and past participle recriminated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return, make a countercharge.

   Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.

   • 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church:

     It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XI, in Wuthering Heights‎:

     Besides, he might come and begin a string of abuse or complainings; I’m certain I should recriminate, and God knows where we should end!

recriminate

1. inflection of recriminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

recriminate f pl

1. feminine plural of recriminato

• terramicine

recriminate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of recriminar combined with te