Crim"i*nate (kr&?;m"&?;-n&?;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criminated (- n&?;`t&?;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n&?;"t&?;ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.
To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament.
Burke.
2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.
Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him.
Macaulay.
Crim`i*na"tion (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. criminatio.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties.
Macaulay.
Crim"i*na*tive (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.
Crim"i*na*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.
Crim`i*nol"o*gy (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j&?;st), n.
Crim"i*nous (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See Crime.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] Holland.
-- Crim"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Crim"i*nous*ness, n. [Obs.]
Crim"o*sin (kr?m"?-z?n), n. [Obs.] See Crimson.
Crimp (kr&ibreve;mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (kr&ibreve;mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
The comely hostess in a crimped cap.
W. Irving.