Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accusative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accusative \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accusative \Ac*cu"sa*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The accusative case.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: (grammar) 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}]
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