vocative

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vocative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [L. vocativus, fr. 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 which a person
     or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
     [1913 Webster]

  Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.
     vocatif.] (Gram.)
     The vocative case.
     [1913 Webster]

vocative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vocative
      adj 1: relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb
             endings"
      n 1: the case (in some inflected languages) used when the
           referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: vocative,
           vocative case]