accusative(n = noun.communication) accusative case, objective case - the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb;
is a kind of oblique, oblique case
Derived form adjective accusative₁

1.  accusative(s = adj.all) accusatory, accusing, accusive - containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"; "his accusing glare"
Derived forms noun accusative₁, verb accuse₁, verb accuse₂

2.  accusative(a = adj.pert) objective - serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"

1.  Producing accusations; accusatory. Sir E. Dering. [1913 Webster]

2.  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]

   The accusative case. [1913 Webster]

accusative, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, expressing the object of an action or the goal of motion.
--adj. of or in this case.

Derivative:
accusatival adj. accusatively adv.

Etymology:
ME f. OF accusatif -ive or L (casus) accusativus, transl. Gk (ptosis) aitiatike

N  accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation, crimination, incrimination, accrimination, recrimination, tu quoque argument, invective, denunciation, denouncement, libel, challenge, citation, arraignment, impeachment, appeachment, indictment, bill of indictment, true bill, lawsuit, condemnation, gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem, scandal, scandalum magnatum, accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff, relator, informer, appellant, accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent, litigant, accusing, accusatory, accusative, imputative, denunciatory, recriminatory, criminatory, accused, suspected, under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance, in custody, in detention, in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention, accusable, imputable, indefensible, inexcusable, unpardonable, unjustifiable, vicious, Int, look at home, tu quoque, the breath of accusation kills an innocent name, thou can'st not say I did it.

accusative case