EGAVE

accusative

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Meaning

  1. adjective Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
  2. adjective Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
  3. noun The accusative case.
  4. noun A word inflected in the accusative case.

Similar words

inculpatory accusatory accusive accusing objective objective case accusative case inculpative incriminating blameful

Often followed by

case and of singular plural in is object or

Word family

accusatives

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