'Dative' definitions:
Definition of 'dative'
(from WordNet)
noun
The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb [syn: dative, dative case]
Definition of 'Dative'
From: GCIDE
- Dative \Da"tive\, a. [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]
- 1. (Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) (a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. (b) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer. (c) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law. --Burril. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
- Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dative'
From: GCIDE
- Dative \Da"tive\, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See Dative, a., 1. [1913 Webster]