\Re*crim"i*nate\ (r?*kr?m"?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- + criminate: cf. F. r['e]criminer, LL. recriminare.] To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser. It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
\Re*crim"i*nate\, v. t. To accuse in return. --South.