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desiderative

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de⋅sid⋅er⋅a⋅tive

  [di-sid-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv]
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–adjective
1. having or expressing desire.
2. Grammar. (of a verb derived from another verb) expressing desire to perform the action denoted by the underlying verb, as Sanskrit pi-patiṣ-ati “he wishes to fly” from pát-ati, “he flies.”
–noun
3. Grammar. a desiderative verb.
Origin:
1545–55; < LL dēsīderātīvus. See desiderate, -ive
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de·sid·er·a·tive   (dĭ-sĭd'ər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rā'-, -zĭd'-)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or expressing desire.

  2. Grammar Designating a clause, a sentence, or in some languages an inflected verb form that expresses desire.

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