About The Word Dative
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Dative
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What's The Definition Of Dative?
[n] the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
[adj] (linguistics) relating to the dative case; "the dative endings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dative: dative case Related Terms | Find terms related to Dative: See Also | oblique | oblique case Dative In Webster's Dictionary \Da"tive\, a. [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare
to give. See 2d {Date}.]
1. (Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the
remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by
to or for with the objective.
2. (Law)
(a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will
and pleasure, as an office.
(b) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of
an officer.
(c) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being
cast upon a party by the law. --Burril. Bouvier.
{Dative executor}, one appointed by the judge of probate, his
office answering to that of an administrator.
\Da"tive\, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See {Dative}, a., 1. |
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