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noun
- (Grammar): The accusative case.
adjective
- Producing accusations; accusatory; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
- Quotations
- This hath been a very age — w:Sir E. Dering, Sir E. Dering
- (Grammar): Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate direct object, 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.
Etymology: From French adjective accusatif, from Latin accusativus, from perfect passive participle accusatus, from verb accusare, + adjective suffix -ivus. See accuse.
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