Middle English Dictionary Entry
ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. L accūsātīv-us. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)76/124 : Accusatyff confessyon of iniquite.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)417 : The fourte case is accusatif case, and are tho that accusen theyre neghbores, and for swich accusyng they are wele with grete men; but, for sothe, thes han a falle.
b
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)81/91,102 : With what case construit þe posityf degre?..With an acusatif..With an acusatif case.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)106 : How knowest accusatyf case? Whenne I haue noun, pronoun, or participle comyng in a reson after a verbe, gerundyf, participle, or supyn and the dede of eny of hem passe in to hym, hit schall be accusatyf case..Also, whenne I haue eny preposicion that wole seruen to accusatyf case.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1021 : In a neutyr gendyr þe nominatyf, þe accusatyf, & þe vocatyf schal endyn in -a.
- a1500 Donatus(2) (Dc 103)1029 : How knowyst the accusatyfe case? For he cumyth aftur the verbe & enseryth to thys questyon 'whom' or what.'
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)96/157 : For all the uerbys passyuis comyng of verbes actiues the wyche ben constrwd wyth a dowbull accusatiue case may be constsrewed wyth a latur accusatyue case.
Note: New spelling
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- a1500 Hatton Informacio (Hat 58)114/150 : For all verbis þat betokeneth 'to aske', 'to teche', 'to pray' or 'to beseche' wyll be construyd wt a dowbyll accusatyff þat betokeneth diuers thyngis.
Note: Clarifies double accusative