Definitions for: Accusative


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Ac*cu"sa*tive, a. [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.) 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.)
The accusative case.

Synonyms: accusative case, accusatory, accusing, accusive, inculpative, inculpatory, objective, objective case

See Also: oblique, oblique case

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