| Appellative (appellative) |
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| a. | ((?)) |
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| Ap*pel"la*tive |
| [L.
appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See
Appeal.] |
Pertaining to a common name;
serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Common, as opposed to
proper; denominative of a class.
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| Appellative (appellative) |
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| n. | |
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| Ap*pel"la*tive |
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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.
An appellation or title; a descriptive
name.
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