From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Appellative \Ap*pel"la*tive\, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Appellative \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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appellative
adj 1: pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
2: inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the
appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function
of some primitive rites" [syn: {appellative}, {naming(a)}]
n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is
called and classified or distinguished from others [syn:
{appellation}, {denomination}, {designation},
{appellative}]
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