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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nominative \Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a
name nominative.] (Gram.)
Giving a name naming; designating; -- said of that case or
form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb
-- n. The nominative case.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nominative
adj 1: (grammar) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and
words identified with the subject of a copular verb
"nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"
2: named bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative
shares of stock" [syn: {nominal}]
3: appointed by nomination [syn: {nominated}]
n : the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of
a verb [syn: {nominative case}, {subject case}] [ant: {oblique}]
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