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dative

1. da.tive \'da-t-iv\ aj [ME datif, fr. L dativus, fr. datus] 1: of, 
   relating to, or being the grammatical case that marks typically the  
   indirect object of a verb, the object of some prepositions, or a possessor 
   2: formed by contribution of a pair of electrons by one atom 
2. dative n : a dative case or form  - da.tive.ly av