ACCUSATIVE

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French acusatif, from Latin accusativus, from accusatus, past participle of accusare Date: 15th century of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that marks the direct object of a verb or the object of any of several prepositions, accusatory , II. noun Date: circa 1620 the ~ case of a language ; a form in the ~ case