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| ac·cu·sa·tive [ ə kyzətiv ] (plural ac·cu·sa·tives) |
noun |
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1. grammatical form: a grammatical case that identifies the direct object of a verb or other grammatical parts in some inflected languages and that affects nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
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2. term in accusative: a word or phrase in the accusative
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| [15th century. < Latin accusativus< accusare (see accuse)] |
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  ac·cu·sa·tive adjective |
| ac·cu·sa·tive·ly adverb |
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