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dative of purpose

noun

Definitions

  1. The dative case in its use to indicate purpose.

    • The dative of purpose is rare in this type of writing.

  2. A specific use of the dative case in this way.

    • This poem is filled with datives of purpose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dative of purpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA