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dative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dative has 1 sense
- dative(n = noun.communication) dative case - the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb; Array is a kind of oblique, oblique case
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dative, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) indicating an indirect object or recipient.
--adj. of or in the dative.
--n. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) indicating an indirect object or recipient.
--adj. of or in the dative.
Derivative
datival adj. dativally adv.
Etymology
ME f. L (casus) dativus f. dare dat- give
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