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 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
(The) Calvin was so called by his college companions We speak of an "accusative age," meaning searching, one eliminating error by accusing it "This hath been a very accusative age " - Sir E Dering Ace (1 syl ) The unit of cards or dice, from as, the Latin unit of weight (Italian, asso; French and Spanish, as )
: 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 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
In the grammar of some languages, the accusative, or the accusative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the direct object of a verb, or the object of some prepositions. In English, only the pronouns `me', `him', `her', `us', and `them' are in the accusative. Compare nominative. a form of a noun in languages such as Latin or German, which shows that the noun is the direct object of a verb or a preposition
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
the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O