vocative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vocative	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vocative adj relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings" n the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed Synonym(s): vocative, vocative case
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"ative\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F. vocatif.] (Gram.) The vocative* case.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.] Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.