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English Dictionary: dative	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dative n the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb Synonym(s): dative, dative case
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dative \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dative \Da"tive\, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See {Dative}, a., 1.