Definition of dative

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Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer..

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Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
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..
Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
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..
Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
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..
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..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
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.
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Quidditative :: Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
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..
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..
Elucidative :: Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note..
Dative :: Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1..
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
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