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com⋅i⋅ta⋅tive

  [kom-i-tey-tiv, -tuh-tiv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate accompaniment.
–noun
2. the comitative case.
Origin:
1855–60; < L comitāt(us) retinue, escort (comit-, s. of comes companion (see comes ) + -ātus -ate 3 ) + -ive
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co·mit·a·tive   (kə-mĭt'ə-tĭv, kŏm'ĭ-tā'-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating accompaniment in some languages, as in Finnish professorine "(along) with the professor."
n.  

  1. The comitative case.

  2. A word or form in the comitative case.


[Latin comitārī, comitāt-, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion; see count2) + -ive.]
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