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Definition of Accusive
1. Adjective. Containing or expressing accusation. "His accusing glare"
Similar to: Inculpative, Inculpatory
Derivative terms: Accusative, Accuse, Accuse, Accuse, Accuse, Accuse, Accuse
Definition of Accusive
1. Adjective. accusative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accusive
Literary usage of Accusive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"... Shake off the dust, accusive on my feet. And turn my back upon the idle Post:
I see the shining goal and join the race, Content to fail, but not to fill ..."
2. The Four Million by O. Henry (1906)
"Into this place Soapy took his accusive shoes and telltale trousers without
challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and ..."
3. Elements of Composition for Secondary Schools by John Baker Opdycke, Henry Seidel Canby (1913)
"Into this place Soapy took his accusive shoes and telltale trousers without
challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and ..."
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