(adj) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes, Syn. accusative, Example:objective case; accusative endings
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Producing accusations; accusatory. “This hath been a very accusative age.” Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fall { m }; Kasus { m } [ gramm. ] | Nominativ { m }; erster Fall | Genitiv { m }; zweiter Fall | Dativ { m }; dritter Fall | Akkusativ { m }; vierter Fall | Instrumental { n }; fünfter Fall | Ablativ { m }; fünfter Fall | Präpositiv { m }; sechster Fall | Vokativ { m } (Anredefall); sechster Fall
case | nominative case | genitive case | dative case | accusative case | instrumental case | ablative case | prepositional case | vocative case