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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Sedative :: Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize.
Datively :: Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Consolidative :: Consolidative (a.) Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.
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..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law..
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 (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Retardative :: Retardative (a.) Tending, or serving, to retard..
Dative :: Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Laudative :: Laudative (a.) Laudatory.
Instrumental :: Instrumental (a.) Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms..
Strophes :: Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
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..
Quiddative :: Quiddative (a.) Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative..
Recommendative :: Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
Elucidatory :: Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Dative :: Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office..
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