adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or used in calling. 2. Of, relating to, or being a grammatical case in certain inflected languages that indicates the person or thing being addressed. n. 1. The vocative case. 2. A word or form in the vocative case. [Middle English vocatif, from Old French, from Latin vocātīvus (cāsus), vocative (case), from vocātus, past participle of vocāre, to call; see VOCATION.] voca·tive·ly adv. |
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