INCULPATE

In‐cul″pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inculpated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating (?).] [[LL. inculpatus, p. p. of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable.]] To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them — the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James.