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Definition of: genitive
(jen′ə·tiv) adjective
1. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
2. Gram. Pertaining to a case in Latin, Greek, etc., corresponding in part to the English possessive.
—noun Gram.
1. The genitive case.
2. A word in this case. [<L genitivus <gignere beget]
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