Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
- adjective Accusatory.
- noun The accusative case.
- noun A word or form in the accusative case.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing accusations; accusatory.
- In grammar, noting especially the direct object of a verb, and to a considerable extent (and probably primarily) destination or goal of motion: applied to a case forming part of the original Indo-European declension (as of the case-systems of other languages), and retained as a distinct form by the older languages of the family, and by some of the modern.
- noun Short for
accusative case . See I., 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) The accusative case.
- adjective Producing accusations; accusatory.
- adjective (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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Producing
accusations ;accusatory ;accusatorial ; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame - adjective grammar Applied to the
case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses theimmediate object on which the action or influence of atransitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary orpredicate direct objects , will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used fordirect objects . - noun grammar The
accusative case .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective containing or expressing accusation
- noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
- adjective serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The latter is the accusative singular of the Latin word for "mint".
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You misspelled the Latin accusative singular of the word "mind".
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This is called the accusative ending; and the word to which it is attached is said to be in the "accusative case":
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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( "To His Eminence the most worthy Lord Cardinal" -- Herr, of which Herrn is the accusative, meaning "Lord," or "Mister").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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[Greek: epi], with the accusative, meaning _towards_ a person, comes often in the _Iliad_; once in the Odyssey.
Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878
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"Cells" is a kind of accusative of product: "make it cells" (G.K. 117 ii.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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So thank you, Mr. Callahan, for the lessons in the nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.
Audrey Watters: Beyond Ratings: Teacher Evaluations Don't Tell The Whole Story Audrey Watters 2011
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I didn't know that before I got all accusative of it copying Being Erica ... do all English majors at one point study the phallic imagery in James Joyce's Ulysses?
Tweets For Today tragic_elegance 2009
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There are probably a lot of children who are being taught that who is the standard accusative form.
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So thank you, Mr. Callahan, for the lessons in the nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.
Audrey Watters: Beyond Ratings: Teacher Evaluations Don't Tell The Whole Story Audrey Watters 2011
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