ETYMOLOGY
from French accusant (n. person who accuses), (adj. that accuses)
PRONUNCIATION
uh-KYOO-zuhnt
EXAMPLE
“…The whole Councell beeing afterward called together, they gaue them-selues to the vnderstanding of the matter. As for the crime and the punishment, was of the accusant called vpon in these wordes: The Iudgement of death is due to this man, because hee hath done this or that. But the Defendant repelled it, with these wordes. The Iudgement of death is not due this man, because hee hath not done it, or because hee hath doone it righteously …”
From: A Defence of the Government Established in the Church of Englande
By John Bridges, 1587
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