Definition of dative

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Dative (a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective..

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Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
Dative :: Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Liniment :: Liniment (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant..
Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
Dative :: Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1..
Instrumental :: Instrumental (a.) Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms..
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
Camphor :: Camphor (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative..
Me :: Me (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I; as, he struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the money to me; he got me a hat, or he got a hat for me..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Elucidative :: Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note..
Strophes :: Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Game :: Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..
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