Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place to or toward which.
noun
- the allative case.
grammatical case expressing “motion towards,” 1860, from Latin allatus “brought to,” used as past participle of adferre, affere “to bring to,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + latus “borne, carried” (see oblate (n.)).