Definition of dative

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

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Quidditative :: Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
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..
You :: You (dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye..
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Dative :: Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1..
Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
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..
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
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..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law..
Worth :: Worth (v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
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..
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Game :: Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..
Dative :: Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..
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..
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