Definitions for: Dative

[n] the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
[adj] (linguistics) relating to the dative case; "the dative endings"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his
office answering to that of an administrator.

Da"tive, n. [L. dativus.]
The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.

Synonyms: dative case

See Also: oblique, oblique case

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