dative

Meaning

Adj

1. Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
2. (obsolete) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
3. (obsolete) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
4. (obsolete) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
5. Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
6. (obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.

Noun

1. The dative case.
2. A word inflected in the dative case.

Synonyms

dative case

removable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪtɪv/

Etymology

From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).