accusative case

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammatical case}}: In English and other modern languages, the [[case]] used to mark the immediate [[object]] ([[direct object]]) on which the [[transitive verb]] acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case ({{l|la|[[cāsus]] [[accūsātīvus]]}}) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ''accusative'' and ''lative'' cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions ''"to"'' and ''"towards"''.

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