ACCU'SE, L. accuso, to blame or accuse ad and causor, to blame, or accuse causa, blame, suit, or process, cause. See Cause.

1. To charge with, or declare to have committed a crime, either by plaint, or complaint, information, indictment, or impeachment to charge with an offense against the laws, judicially or by a public process as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
2. To charge with a fault to blame.

Their thoughts, in the meanwhile, accusing or excusing one another. Romans 2 .

It is followed by of before the subject of accusation the use of for after this verb is illegitimate.