Crim'i-nate, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CRIMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CRIMINATING.] [Lat. crimināre, criminātum, and crimināri, criminātus, from crimen; It. criminare. See CRIME.] To accuse or charge with a crime; to convict of crime; to show to be guilty.

To criminate with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection an incorrupt, independent, and reforming Parliament. Burke.