da‧tive /ˈdeɪtɪv/
noun [countable usually singular][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: dativus 'of giving', from dare 'to give']
a particular form of a noun in some languages such as Latin and German, which shows that the noun is the
indirect object of a verb
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