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datival

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da⋅tive

  [dey-tiv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin, Greek, and German) noting a case having as a distinctive function indication of the indirect object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
–noun
2. the dative case.
3. a word or form in that case, as Latin regi in regi haec dicite meaning “tell this to the king.”
Origin:
1400–50; late ME datif < L datīvus (casus) dative (case), equiv. to dat(us) given (see date 1 ) + -īvus -ive; trans. of Gk dotik (ptôsis)

Related forms:
da⋅ti⋅val  [dey-tahy-vuhl] , adjective
da⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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Main Entry: da·tive
Pronunciation: 'dA-tiv
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin dativus subject to appointment, from Latin, assigned (of a guardian), from datus, past participle of dare to give
in the civil law of Louisiana 1 : appointed by a judge
2 : established by judicial appointment <dative tutorship>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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