APPELLATIVE
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Ap*pel"la*tive (&unr_;), 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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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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