ac|cu|sa|tive

ac|cu|sa|tive
ac|cu|sa|tive «uh KYOO zuh tihv», adjective, noun.
–adj.
showing the direct object. Me, us, him, and them are in the accusative case, or, as usually said for English words, the objective case.
–n.
1. a) the objective case. b) a corresponding case in Latin, Greek, and many other inflectional languages used as the direct object of a verb, sometimes as the subject of an infinitive, or as the object of a preposition, to indicate the goal of action or motion toward. Galliam in Caesar Galliam vīcit, meaning “Caesar conquered Gaul,” is in the accusative.
2. a word used as the object of a verb or preposition.
3. the form of pronouns used for the object of a verb or preposition in English, such as me, us, him, them. The term objective is more commonly used in modern English grammar. Abbr: acc.
╂[< Latin accūsātivus, translation of Greek (ptôsis) aitiātik (case) of what is caused]
–ac|cu´sa|tive|ly, adverb.

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