Look up: Vocative

1. vocative
   [adj] - (linguistics) relating to a case used in some languages 2. [n] - the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
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2. Vocative
   Voc'a·tive adjective [ Latin vocativus , from vocare to call.] Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.) , used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in whi...
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3. Vocative
   Voc'a·tive noun [ Latin vocativus (sc. casus ): confer French vocatif .] (Gram.) The vocative case.
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4. vocative
   adjective relating to a case used in some languages; `vocative verb endings`
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5. vocative
   vocative case noun the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
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6. Vocative
   • (a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord. • (n.) The vocative case.
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7. vocative
   vocative 1. A reference to or used in the act of calling. 2. In some inflected languages, denoting the case of a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective used in direct address; for example, 'Brutus' is the vocative case in Et tu, Brute? Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly...
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8. vocative
   vocative (vok'utiv) [Lat.,=calling], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Latin), the case referring to a person addressed. In English a special intonation expresses the vocative, as in Look, Jack.
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