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blates | blames |

As an adverb blates

is (uk|slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously.

As a verb blames is

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blates

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (UK, slang) blatantly; certainly; obviously
  • * 2006 , "daniel.g.read@googlemail.com", LOST IS 4 LOSERS!'' (on newsgroup ''alt.tv.lost )
    • LOST IS WELL CRAP. GO WATCH RAVEN ON BBC1 FOR PROP ENTERTAINMENT.blates .xx.
  • * 2008 , "deKay", Tuesday Top 5: Movie Licences'' (on newsgroup ''uk.games.video.misc )
    • >There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular
    >films, but what are your 5 favourites?
    5) Er.
    4) Um.
    3) Erm.
    2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum)
    1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates , innit.

    References

    * The Guardian , 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/mar/20/students.educationguardian2]

    blames

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blame)

    • Anagrams

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    blame

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl), from (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Censure.
    • Blame came from all directions.
  • Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
    • The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.
  • Responsibility for something meriting censure.
    • They accepted the blame , but it was an accident.
    Derived terms
    * put the blame on
    See also
    * fault

    Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) blasmer, from . Compare (blaspheme)

    Verb

    (blam)
  • To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
    • though my loue be not so lewdly bent, / As those ye blame , yet may it nought appease / My raging smart [...].
  • *
    • These peculiarities of Dorothea's character caused Mr. Brooke to be all the more blamed in neighboring families for not securing some middle-aged lady as guide and companion to his nieces.
  • * 1919 , (Saki), ‘The Oversight’, The Toys of Peace :
    • That was the year that Sir Richard was writing his volume on Domestic Life in Tartary . The critics all blamed it for a lack of concentration.
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 106:
    • I covered the serious programmes too, and indeed, right from the start, I spent more time praising than blaming .
  • (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
    • For knighthoods loue, do not so foule a deed, / Ne blame your honour with so shamefull vaunt / Of vile reuenge.
  • To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
    • The arsonist was blamed for the fire.
    Synonyms
    * reproach, take to task, upbraid * (consider that someone is the cause of something negative) hold to account
    Derived terms
    * blamer

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs