Accusative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accusative \Ac*cu"sa*tive\, a. [F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in
     sense 2), fr. accusare. See {Accuse}.]
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     1. Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very
        accusative age." --Sir E. Dering.
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     2. (Gram.) 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accusative \Ac*cu"sa*tive\, n. (Gram.)
     The accusative case.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accusative
       adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive
              forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
              and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
              [syn: {accusatory}, {accusing}, {accusive}]
       2: serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain
          prepositions and used for certain other purposes;
          "objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: {objective}]
       n : the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
           [syn: {accusative case}, {objective case}]