Vocative
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vocative
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vókətiv
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noun
(plural
vocatives) |
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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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Definition: |
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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)] |
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Encarta 10 Dec 2010 19:11