Dative

['deɪtɪv] or ['detɪv]

(noun.) the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb.

Checked by Calvin--From WordNet

(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.

(a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.

(a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.

(a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.

(n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.

Typed by Billie

adj. that is given or appointed.—n. the dative case the oblique case of nouns &c.—generally indicated in English by to or for.

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