a. and sb. [a. Fr. accusant, pr. pple. and sb.:—L. accūsant-em, pr. pple. of accusā-re to ACCUSE.]
† A. adj. Accusing. Obs.
1611. Cotgr., Accusant (partic.) accusant, accusing.
B. sb. One who accuses; an accuser.
1611. Cotgr., Accusant, An accusant, or accuser.
1635. Sir J. Harington, Epigr., II. 6. Surely one should be deemed a false accusant, That would appeach Leda for a Recusant.
1660. Bp. Hall, Rem. Wks., 54. The Accusant must hold him to the proof of the charge.
1832. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), II. 66. He accuses the father of having only told half. He replies, he has told it all to the ‘collége.’ The accusant says, he knows that.
