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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dative \Da"tive\, noun [L. dativus.] The dative case. See {Dative}, adjective, 1.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dative \Da"tive\, adjective [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d {Date}.]
1. (Gram.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dative
noun: the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb [syn: {dative case}]
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