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Webster 1913 Edition

Vocative

Voc′a-tive

,
Adj.
[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
.

Voc′a-tive

,
Noun.
[L.
vocativus
(sc.
casus
): cf. F.
vocatif
.]
(Gram.)
The vocative case.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vocative

VOC'ATIVE

,
Adj.
[L. vocativus.] Relating to calling; as the vocative case in grammar.

VOC'ATIVE

,
Noun.
In grammar, the fifth case or state of nouns in the Latin language; or the case in any language, in which a word is placed when the person is addressed: as Domine, O Lord.

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