Definition of dative

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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..

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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..
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
Elucidative :: Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note..
Quidditative :: Quidditative (a.) Quiddative.
Laudative :: Laudative (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
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..
Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
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..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
Dative :: Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer..
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..
Game :: Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
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..
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
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