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[syn: optative mood, optative]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Optative \Op"ta*tive\, a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in
Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is
expressed.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
optative mood
n 1: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or
hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn: optative
mood, optative]