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Accusative

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Noun

1. accusative, accusative case, objective case

the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

Adjective

2. accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive

containing or expressing accusation

Example Sentences:
'an accusitive forefinger'
'black accusatory looks'
'accusive shoes and telltale trousers'
'his accusing glare'

3. accusative, objective

serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

Example Sentences:
'objective case'
'accusative endings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accusative

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adjective
1. grammar
denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in inflected languages that is used to identify the direct object of a finite verb, of certain prepositions, and for certain other purposes
See also objective (sense 5)
2.  another word for accusatorial
noun
3. grammar
a. 
the accusative case
b. 
a word or speech element in the accusative case

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Accusative

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adjective
1.  Grammar
designating, of, or in the case of the direct object of a finite verb
also sometimes used of the objective case in English
2. 
accusatory
noun
3. 
the accusative case
4. 
a word in this case

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Accusative

see synonyms of accusative
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
2. Accusatory.
n.
1. The accusative case.
2. A word or form in the accusative case.

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