vocative
- n the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
- a relating to a case used in some languages
vocative verb endings
- Revel makes the pro vocative point that while many fascist regimes have come and gone, and a few have even been liberalized, not a single orthodox Communist regime has disappeared .
- Behind its PTI-sized, pop-art covers often lurk such pro vocative questions as "Is 35 over the hill these days?" (on Wall Street, that is) and "What makes Dallas that way?".