Definition of dative

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Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..

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Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
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..
Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
Quidditative :: Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
Foxglove :: Foxglove (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Elucidative :: Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note..
Game :: Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..
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..
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..
Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
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.
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..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer..
Dative :: 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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