Cognate Accusative Definition
noun
An object of kindred sense or derivation ; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death").
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Origin of Cognate Accusative
of Latin COGNATE ACCUSATIVE COGNATE ACCUSATIVE accusativus cognatus (“a cognate accusative").
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