accuser
part of speech
noun (an accuser, accusers)
meaning for a pupil
1) An accuser is a person who says that someone else has done something wrong or committed a crime. tree →
2) (Bible) In the Bible, «the accuser» is a name for Satan, who accuses people before God. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the mystic school: In note 06 "the Accuser" is read as almost a job title: the one who does not write the specification but attacks it. In the primary lessons: In stories, courtroom scenes and history, the accuser faces the accused (the person blamed); a fair trial lets both sides speak. In church and Bible lessons, the Book of Revelation calls Satan «the accuser». Phrases: «face your accuser», «the accuser and the accused».
examples
- In this reading, the Accuser is almost a job title. (note 06) tree →
- Then the note plays with myth: what if Satan is best read not as cartoon evil but as a wildly independent adversarial debugger, and "the Accuser" is almost a job title? (lesson 013) tree →
- The note says that in this reading "the Accuser" is almost a job title: he does not write the specification, he attacks it. (lesson 013) tree →
- The accuser told the judge what she had seen. tree →
- In a fair trial, the accused can answer the accuser. tree →
- The boy's accusers said he had taken the ball. tree →
- It turned out that the accuser had lied. tree →
- (Bible) Revelation calls Satan «the accuser of our brothers». tree →
- The accuser pointed at the empty biscuit tin and then at me. tree →
note
Countable. From «accuse» + «-er». Opposite in a case: the accused (the person blamed). Being accused is not the same as being guilty: in law a person is innocent until proven guilty.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «accuser» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.