The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blame \Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blamed (bl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Blaming.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. Blaspheme, and see Fame.]
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To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
We have none to blame but ourselves.
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To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]
She . . . blamed her noble blood.
--Spenser.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.
--Shak.
Usage examples of "to blame".
The young man had a history of violence and severe mental disturbance, and the Fools were not to blame for providing him with an outlet, but they were all comprehensively tarred with the same brush of dangerous madness, and within a few months they had dispersed.
If Niall had been prepared to blame her for dereliction, her stream of explanations and apologies had taken the first edge off his anger.