Definitionen
1.AdjectiveDenoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
2.AdjectiveIn one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
3.AdjectiveRemovable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
4.AdjectiveGiven by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
5.AdjectiveFormed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
6.AdjectiveGiven in advance; not needed to be calculated.
7.NounThe dative case.
8.NounA word inflected in the dative case.