Dative is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DATIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a grammatical case, indicating the indirect object of a verb
• a noun or other word in the dative case.
• The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
• the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
• grammatical case
• the dative case.
ADJECTIVE:
• expressing an indirect object
• (in Latin, Greek, German, and some other languages) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient.
• denoting a grammatical case
• Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
• In one\'s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
• Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.
• Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.

Words related to DATIVE

datival11 datively15 datives11

Words that contain DATIVE

datives11 datively15 sedative12 exudative20 laudative13 oxidative20 predative15 sedatives13 laudatives14 degradative17 elucidative17 oxidatively25 retardative15 accommodative25 consolidative19 photooxidative30 accommodativene27 accommodativeness29 accommodativenesses31

How to use DATIVE in a sentence

• Here, the person persuaded is expressed in the dative case, and cannot, therefore, be the nominative to the passive verb.
• This elliptical construction of a few objectives, is what remains to us of the ancient Saxon dative case.
• How do our grammarians now dispose of what remains to us of the old Saxon dative case? 82.
• The phonetic form of the case syllables became still further reduced and the distinction between the accusative and the dative finally disappeared.
• The Dative case, in general, expresses relations which are designated in English by the prepositions to and for.
• The use of the Dative with Adjectives corresponds very closely to its use with verbs.

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