Definition of dative

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Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law..

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Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Elucidative :: Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note..
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
Dative :: Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
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..
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..
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..
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
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..
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.
Quidditative :: Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
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..
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Dative :: Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law..
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
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..
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