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DATIVES
Noun
datives
plural of dative
Anagrams
• avidest, vistaed
Source: Wiktionary
DATIVE
Da"tive, a. Etym: [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]
1. (Gram.)
Definition: 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.
Da"tive, n. Etym: [L. dativus.]
Definition: The dative case. See Dative, a.,
1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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