voc·a·tive 
(vŏkə-tĭv)
(vŏkə-tĭv)adj.
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or used in calling.
2. Of, relating to, or being a grammatical case in certain inflected languages that indicates the person or thing being addressed.
n.
1. The vocative case.
2. A word or form in the vocative case.
[Middle English vocatif, from Old French, from Latin vocātīvus (cāsus), vocative (case), from vocātus, past participle of vocāre, to call; see VOCATION.]
voca·tive·ly adv.
- common fraction
- common gender
- common ground
- common law
- common-law
- common-law marriage
- common logarithm
- commonly
- common market
- Common Market
- Common Market
- common measure
- common millet
- common multiple
- common name
- commonness
- common noun
- commonplace
- commonplace book
- common pleas
- common room
- common salt
- common school
- common seal
- common sense