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optative |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: optative adj 1: indicating an option or wish 2: (grammar) relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings" n : a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn: {optative mood}]
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