Accusative
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Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greeknouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action orinfluence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object ofmotion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds tothe objective case in English.
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adj. The sort of word certain South Auckland social workers may try to swap for the correct accusatory in the proverbial landslide of the English language.
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A [Latin] [word that] cannot do an action (unless [infinitive])
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the form of a noun, pronoun , or adjective that is used in some languages to show that the word is the direct object of a verb:
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Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that expresses the object of an action or the goal of motion.
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