Optative

[Op·ta*tive]

Indicating an option or wish

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Expressing desire or wish.

Noun
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

Adjective
relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings"

Adjective
indicating an option or wish


a.
Expressing desire or wish.

n.
Something to be desired.

n.
The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.


Optative

Op"ta*tive , a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.] Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.

Optative

Op"ta*tive, n. [Cf. F. optatif.] 1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon. 2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.

Expressing desire or wish.

Something to be desired.

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