Part 102

<hw>Ac*cu`sa*ti"val</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the accusative case.</def>

<h1>Accusative</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>accusatif</ets>, L. <ets>accusativus</ets> (in sense 2), fr. <ets>accusare</ets>. See <er>Accuse</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Producing accusations; accusatory.</def> "This hath been a very <i>accusative</i> age."

<i>Sir E. Dering.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Accusative</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu"sa*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The accusative case.</def>

<h1>Accusatively</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu"sa*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an accusative manner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In relation to the accusative case in grammar.</def>

<h1>Accusatorial</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu`sa*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Accusatory.</def>

<h1>Accusatorially</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu`sa*to"ri*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way accusation.</def>

<h1>Accusatory</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cu"sa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accusatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>accusare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; <as>as, an <ex>accusatory</ex> libel</as>.</def>

<i>Grote.</i>

<h1>Accuse</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cuse"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Accusation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Accuse</h1> <Xpage=14>

<hw>Ac*cuse"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accused</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Accusing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>acuser</ets>, F. <ets>accuser</ets>, L. <ets>accusare</ets>, to call to account, accuse; <ets>ad + causa</ets> cause, lawsuit. Cf. <er>Cause</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense</def>; <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with <i>of</i>; <as>as, to <ex>accuse</ex> one of a high crime or misdemeanor</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Neither can they prove the things whereof they now <b>accuse</b> me. <i>Acts xxiv. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We are <b>accused of</b> having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.</def>

<blockquote>Their thoughts the meanwhile <b>accusing</b> or else excusing one another. <i>Rom. ii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To betray; to show. <ety>[L.]</ety></def>