appellative

• In these cases we have what Jakobson calls the conative function, what other linguists refer to as the appellative, imperative or directive function. —  Notes From The Geek Show
• But ancient as this appellative is, it is also so familiar in modern use, that the Translator feared to hazard it 24] Neptune BOOK VII ARGUMENT Nausicaa returns from the river, whom Ulysses follows. —  The Odyssey of Homer
• Musquash is said to be an Indian appellative--a strange coincidence, as the word, "musk" is of Arabic origin, and "musquash" would seem a compound of the French musque_, as the early Canadian fur-traders were French, or of French descent, and fixed the nomenclature of most of the fur-bearing animals of that region. —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
• They had before called Him a Galilean; that appellative was but mildly depreciatory, and moreover was a truthful designation according to their knowledge; but the epithet "Samaritan" was inspired by hate,[863] and by its application they meant to disown Him as a Jew The charge that He was a demoniac was but a repetition of earlier slanders. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
• We follow Bopp in refining these birds from birds of coarser prey NOTES TO THE DELUGE Footnote 157: See the very valuable papers of this gentleman in the Bombay Transactions Footnote 158: The editor remarks, that the name Manuja, Man-born, as the appellative of the human race, is derived from Manu, as likewise Mánawas, masc. Man--Mánawi, fem. —  Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems

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