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optative - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'optative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Optative [ a.]
- Expressing desire or wish.
2 . Optative [ n.]
- Something to be desired.
- The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.

Meaning of 'optative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . optative [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
Example in sentence:
  • optative verb endings