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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
genitive
    adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive
           pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive,
           genitive]
    n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, genitive
         case, possessive, possessive case]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
   to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See Gender.] (Gram.)
   Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin
   and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It
   corresponds to the possessive case in English.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   The genitive case.
   [1913 Webster]

   Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the
      ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.
      [1913 Webster]

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