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