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ACCUSATIVE
accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive
(adjective) containing or expressing accusation; “an accusative forefinger”; “black accusatory looks”; “accusive shoes and telltale trousers”- O.Henry; “his accusing glare”
objective, accusative
(adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; “objective case”; “accusative endings”
accusative, accusative case, objective case
(noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
accusative (comparative more accusative, superlative most accusative)
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
Synonyms: accusatory, accusatorial
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Noun
accusative (plural accusatives)
(grammar) The accusative case.
Synonyms
• (accusative case): acc, A.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cu"sa*tive, a. Etym: [F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse.]
1. Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age." Sir E. Dering.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.
Ac*cu"sa*tive, n. (Gram.)
Definition: The accusative case.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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