n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' kyü-z ə -tiv
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French acusatif, from Latin accusativus, from accusatus, past participle of accusare
Date: 15th century
1 : of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that marks the direct object of a verb or the object of any of several prepositions
2 : ACCUSATORY <an accusative tone>