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1. Containing or expressing accusation
   "an accusative forefinger";
   - accusatory, accusing, accusive
    
2. (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
   "accusative endings";
   - objective

1. The case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
   - accusative case, objective case

Derived forms: accusatives

See also: inculpative [archaic], inculpatory [archaic]

Type of: oblique, oblique case

Encyclopedia: Accusative