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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Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
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..
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 (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Game :: Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer..
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
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..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
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..
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
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..
Dative :: Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law..
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