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Webster 1913 Edition
Optative
Op′ta-tive
,Adj.
[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.
Op′ta-tive
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
optatif
.] 1.
Something to be desired.
[R.]
Bacon.
2.
(Gram.)
The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Webster 1828 Edition
Optative
OP'TATIVE
,Adj.
Expressing desire or wish. The optative mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb in which wish or desire is expressed.
OP'TATIVE
,Noun.