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Vocative, adj. (n.). [Late ME and e.m.E. vocatyf (c1440), vocative (1520), OF vocatif, -ive, L. vocātīvus.] adj. Vocative cais: the case of nouns, etc. used to address (a person, etc.). Also absol. as noun. —adj. 1531 Vaus in Grant Burgh Schools 53.
The vocatiue cais, ony thing that I call on is vocatiue cais, as o petre fac ignem
1531 Vaus in Grant Burgh Schools 56.
Al vocatiue cais … ar secund persone
1531 Vaus in Grant Burgh Schools 56.
How mony pronownes hes the vocatiue cais? Foure … tu, meus, noster and nostras? thir four hes the vocatiue cais
absol. as noun c1616 Hume Orthog. 29.
Case is an affection of a noun for distinction of person; as … quhy standes thou, stone? it is the vocative … The vocative is the person to quhom the speach is directed; as, quhence cumes thou Æneas
16.. Rudiments 4a.
Euerie vocatiue is of the secund persone

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