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noun
- The dative case.
Translations: - Dutch: datief , derde naamval , meewerkend voorwerp
- French: datif , complément d'objet indirect , C.O.I.
- German: Dativ , Wemfall , dritter Fall
- Spanish: caso dativo
adjective
- (Grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
- (legal) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
- (legal) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
- (legal) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law — Burril. Bouvier
Translations: - Dutch: datief
- French: datif
- German: Dativ-, dativisch
- Spanish: dativo
Etymology: Latin dativus (appropriate to giving), from dareLatin, dare (to give). See 2nd date.
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