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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf F.
vocatif.] (Gram.)
The vocative case.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [L. vocativus fr vocare to call.]
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically
(Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case
or form of the noun pronoun, or adjective, in which a person
or thing is addressed; as Domine, O Lord.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vocative
adj : (linguistics) relating to a case used in some languages;
"vocative verb endings"
n : the case (in some inflected languages) used when the
referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: {vocative
case}]
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