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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Dative
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(1):
(a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
(2):
(a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.
(3):
(n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
(4):
(a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
(5):
(a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.