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vocative

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

voc=a=tive

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vocative has 1 sense

vocative(n = noun.communication) vocative case - the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed; Array

is a kind of oblique, oblique case

Derived form adjective vocative₁

Adjective vocative has 1 sense

vocative(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings"

Derived form noun

vocative₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

vocative, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.].

Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord. [1913 Webster]

vocative, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F. vocatif.].

The vocative case. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

vocative, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.
--adj. of or in this case.

Etymology

ME f. OF vocatif -ive or L vocativus f. vocare call

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