accusative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
    accusative case; objective case.
  2. adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
    accusing; accusive; accusatory.
    • an accusitive forefinger
    • black accusatory looks
    • accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
    • his accusing glare
  3. adjective serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
    objective.
    • objective case
    • accusative endings

WordNet

Ac*cu"sa*tive adjective
Etymology
F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse.
Definitions
  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.
Ac*cu"sa*tive noun
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) The accusative case.

Webster 1913