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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dative \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dative \Da"tive\, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See {Dative}, a., 1. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dative adj : (linguistics) relating to the dative case; "the dative endings" n : the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb [syn: {dative case}]
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