dativize

present singular third person dativizes · participle present dativizing · participle past dativized · past dativized

1. transitivegrammarTo convert to a dative form.

   For example, very little can be concluded from the simple failure of a child to dativize a novel verb, because the failure may be attributable to a number of sources[…]

   1999, Lise Menn, Nan Bernstein Ratner, Methods for Studying Language Production, page 104

2. intransitivegrammarTo be converted into a dative form.