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verb

Blame v. t. (past & past part. blamed; pres. part. blaming)

To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. "We have none to blame but ourselves."

To bring reproach upon; to blemish. (Obs.) " She... blamed her noble blood."

To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. "You were to blame, I must be plain with you."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blamed" Quotes from Famous Books

... won't you?" the other snarled. "I tell you it was all the fault of the blamed cranky engine; it went bad on me just at that time the flaw struck us on the side. Keep a still tongue ...

— The Airplane Boys among the Clouds - or, Young Aviators in a Wreck • John Luther Langworthy

... consort with the tedious old wives instead of the merry wrenches? Could she not guide the house, and rule the maids, and get in the stores, and hinder waste, and make the pasties, and brew the possets? Had her father found the crust hard, or missed his roasted crab, or had any one blamed her for want of discretion? Nay, as to that, she was like to be more discreet as she was, with only her good old father to please, than with a husband to ...

— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... movement, but he cannot keep silent. One little oriole mother whom I watched in Massachusetts had no help in raising her brood, her mate spending his time on the upper branches of the tree. He could not be blamed, however; he was, so far as I could see, perfectly willing to aid in the support of the family, but Madam actually would not allow him even to visit the homestead. When the young were out he assumed his share of the labor. ...

— In Nesting Time • Olive Thorne Miller

... you feel about it, General," said the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. "I think we all recognize how deeply you're involved. You've blamed yourself all these years and there is no need of it. After all, there ...

— Project Mastodon • Clifford Donald Simak

... do not think that many knights, however true they might be to the donor, would have suffered months of slavery in order to regain a token, lost by no fault or carelessness of their own; and no lady could have blamed or held them in any way dishonoured by ...

— A Knight of the White Cross • G.A. Henty

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