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adjective
1.
designating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen “may we go, we wish we might go.”
noun
2.
the optative mood.
3.
a verb in the optative mood.
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Optative
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Word Origin & History
optative
grammatical mood expressing wish or desire, 1530, from M.Fr. optatif (15c.), from L.L. optativus, from L. optatus, pp. of optare (see option).
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