Found 2 items, similar to optative.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: optative
optative
adj 1: indicating an option or wish
2: relating to a mood of verbs in some languages;
“optative
verb endings”
optative
n : a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or
hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn:
optative mood
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Optative
Optative
\Op"ta*tive\, a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. --Fuller.
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Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in
Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is
expressed.
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Optative
\Op"ta*tive\, n. [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] --Bacon.
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2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative
mood.
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