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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed;
[syn: vocative, vocative case]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to a case used in some languages;
- Example: "vocative verb endings"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F. vocatif.] (Gram.) The vocative case. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vocative adj 1: relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings" n 1: the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: vocative, vocative case]