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1. (adj.) appellative
tending toward or serving for the assigning of names:
the appellative function of some primitive rites.
2. appellative
of or pertaining to a common noun.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
2. (adj) appellative
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
3. (adj) appellative, naming(a)
inclined to or serving for the giving of names
"the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) appellative
pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming
2. (adj) appellative
common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class
3. (noun) appellative
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
4. (noun) appellative
an appellation or title; a descriptive name
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