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| voc·a·tive [ vókətiv ] |
noun (plural voc·a·tives) |
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1. grammatical case of somebody addressed: a grammatical case that indicates that somebody or something is being directly addressed by the speaker. In Julius Caesar's dying words to Brutus"et tu, Brute," "Brute" is in the vocative.
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2. word in vocative: a word or form in the vocative case
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adjective |
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indicating somebody or something addressed: in or relating to the vocative
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| [15th century. < Latin vocativus< vocat- (see vocation)] |
