VOCATIVE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

The vocative case.


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