[syn: objective, accusative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Accusative \Ac*cu"sa*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The accusative case.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
accusative
adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive
forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
[syn: accusative, 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, accusative]
n 1: the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
[syn: accusative, accusative case, objective case]