v.
assign responsibility for a fault or wrong to.
n.
responsibility for a fault or wrong.
Phrase
- be to blame
be responsible for a fault or wrong.
Derivative
- blameable
(US also blamable)
adj.
- blameful adj.
- blameworthiness n.
- blameworthy adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. blamer, blasmer, from pop. L. var. of eccles. L. blasphemare, from Gk blasphēmein (see blaspheme).
