a. [a. Fr. accusable, ad. L. accūsābilis, f. accūsā-re: see ACCUSE v. and -ABLE.] Liable to be accused or censured; blameworthy, reprehensible; liable to the charge (of).
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 245. Wherein indeed the hand of the Painter is not accusable, but the judgement of the common Spectator.
1676. ‘A. Rivetus, Jr.,’ Mr. Smirke, 55. Yet those that were accusable were all very well satisfied.
1858. De Quincey, Autobiog. Sk., Wks. I. ii. 58. Thumping or trying to thump, somebody who is accused or accusable of being heterodox.
