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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.
vocatif.] (Gram.)
The vocative case.
[1913 Webster]

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