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Accusative Definition

accusative

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English

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Etymology

From French adjective accusatif, from Latin accusativus, from accusatus, perfect passive participle of accusare, + adjective suffix -ivus. See accuse.

Pronunciation

Adjective

accusative (not comparable)

  1. Producing accusations; accusatory; accusatorial; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
    • This hath been a very accusative age — Sir E. Dering
  2. (grammar) 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 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)

  1. (grammar) The accusative case.

Translations

accusative case

French

Adjective

accusative f.

  1. feminine of accusatif

Latin

Noun

accūsātīve

  1. vocative singular of accūsātīvus

 

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