Found 3 hits - Term: accusative, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accusative \accu"sative\, a. f. accusatif, l. accusativus in
sense 2, fr. accusare. see accuse.
1913 webster
1. producing accusations; accusatory. "this hath been a very
accusative age." --sir e. dering.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
accuse
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accusative \accu"sative\, n. gram.
the accusative case.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
accusatory accusing accusive objective accusative case objective case
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