DATIVE
\dˈatɪv], \dˈatɪv], \d_ˈa_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of DATIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
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Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
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The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
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Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; - said of an officer.
By Oddity Software
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In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
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Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
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The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
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Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; - said of an officer.
By Noah Webster.
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Denoting the case of a noun or pronoun which expresses the indirect object: usually indicated in English by to or for with the objective case; for example, in the sentence, she gave him good advice, him is in the dative case.
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The dative case.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That is given or appointed.
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The dative case, the oblique case of nouns, etc., which follows verbs or other parts of speech that express giving or some act directed to the object generally indicated in English by to or for.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The case of nouns when they follow verbs that express giving, taking, or some act directed to an object.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In Latin, the case of nouns that usually follows verbs expressing giving, or an act directed to an object; this relation in Eng. is expressed by to or for.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
