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appellative n. [
appellation, denomination, designation] identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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appellative a. pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
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appellative s. [
naming] inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
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