3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: vocative adjective: relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings" noun: the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: {vocative case}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, adjective [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, noun [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F. vocatif.] (Gram.) The vocative case.

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