OPTATIVE


Meaning of OPTATIVE in English

adj. & n. Gram.

adj. expressing a wish.

n. the optative mood. optative mood a set of verb-forms expressing a wish etc., distinct esp. in Sanskrit and Greek. optatively adv.

[ F optatif -ive f. LL optativus (as OPT) ]

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