adj. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing motion toward a place, as Finnish stadionille "to the stadium." n. 1. The allative case. 2. A word in the allative case. [New Latin allātīvus, from Latin allātus, past participle of afferre, to bring toward : ad-, ad- + lātus, carried; see telə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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