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appellative
(encz) | appellative,pojmenovací adj: Zdeněk Brož |
appellative
(encz) | appellative,pojmenovávací adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Appellative
(gcide) | Appellative \Ap*pel"la*tive\, a. [L. appellativus, fr.
appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive
denomination; denominative; naming. --Cudworth.
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2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a
class.
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Appellative
(gcide) | Appellative \Ap*pel"la*tive\, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
1. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common
name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or
species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is
the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and
vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth.
A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single
thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
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2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
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God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the
Defender of them. --Jer. Taylor.
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appellative
(wn) | appellative
adj 1: pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
2: inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the
appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function
of some primitive rites" [syn: appellative, naming(a)]
n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is
called and classified or distinguished from others [syn:
appellation, denomination, designation,
appellative] |
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Appellative
(gcide) | Appellative \Ap*pel"la*tive\, a. [L. appellativus, fr.
appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive
denomination; denominative; naming. --Cudworth.
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2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a
class.
[1913 Webster]Appellative \Ap*pel"la*tive\, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
1. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common
name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or
species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is
the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and
vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth.
A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single
thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
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2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
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God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the
Defender of them. --Jer. Taylor.
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Appellatively
(gcide) | Appellatively \Ap*pel"la*tive*ly\, adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express
whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used
appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong
man.
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Appellativeness
(gcide) | Appellativeness \Ap*pel"la*tive*ness\, n.
The quality of being appellative. --Fuller.
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