different between accuse vs accusative

English

Etymology

First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA^(key): /??kju?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kjuz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Hyphenation: ac?cuse

Verb

accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

1. (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
2. (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence

   Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign

3. (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone

   Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate

Usage notes

• (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

accuse (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Accusation.

Further reading

• accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cuecas

French

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of accuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of accuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
5. second-person singular imperative of accuser

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Noun

accuse f

1. plural of accusa

Portuguese

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar

English

Etymology

First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin acc?s?t?vus (“having been blamed”), from acc?s? (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse +? -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term ????????? (aiti?tik?, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from ???????? (aiti?tós, “caused”) +? -???? (-ikós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from ?????- (aiti?-), the stem of the verb ????????? (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -????? (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kju?z?t?v/
• (US) enPR: ?k?'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /??kjuz?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ac?cusa?tive

Adjective

accusative (comparative more accusative, superlative most accusative)

1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame

   Synonyms: accusatory, accusatorial

   • 22 November, 1641, Edward Dering, a speech

     This hath been a very accusative age.

2. (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.

Translations

Noun

accusative (plural accusatives)

1. (grammar) The accusative case.

Synonyms

• (accusative case): acc., A.

Translations

French

Adjective

accusative

1. feminine singular of accusatif

Latin

Noun

acc?s?t?ve

1. vocative singular of acc?s?t?vus