accusative

views updated Jun 08 2018

ac·cu·sa·tive / əˈkyoōzətiv/ Gram. • adj. relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that expresses the object of an action or the goal of motion.• n. a word in the accusative case. ∎  (the accusative) the accusative case.

accuse

views updated Jun 11 2018

ac·cuse / əˈkyoōz/ • v. charge (someone) with an offense or crime: accused of murder. ∎  claim that (someone) has done something wrong.DERIVATIVES: ac·cus·er n.

accusative

views updated Jun 11 2018

accusative (gram.) case expressing chiefly destination or the goal of motion. XV. — (O)F. accusatif or L. accūsātīvus (sc. cāsus case), f. pp. stem of accūsāre ACCUSE. L. cāsus accūsātīvus renders Gr. ptôsis aitiātikḗ case of accusing.

accuse

views updated May 23 2018

accuse XIII. — OF. acuser, (also mod.) accuser :- L. accūsāre, f. AC- + causa CAUSE.
So accusation XIV.