Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-CRIM'IN-ATE
REC-RE-MENT'AL, or REC-RE-MEN-TI'TIALRE-CRIM'IN-ATE
RE-CRIM'IN-ATE, v.i. [Fr. recriminer; L. re and criminor, to accuse.]
- To return one accusation with another. It is not my business to recriminate. – Stillingfleet.
- To charge an accuser with the like crime.
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