Nominative case
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
- 2 the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb wordnet
- 3 The subject of a verb. obsolete
"Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as, "Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c.""
Example
More examples"Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as, "Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c.""