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al•la•tive
(al′ə tiv),USA pronunciation [Gram.]
adj.
n.
adj.
- Grammarnoting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place to or toward which.
n.
- Grammarthe allative case.
- Latin allāt(us) (al- al- + lātus suppletive past participle of ferre to bring; compare alley1) + -ive
- 1860–65