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Definitions for optative
ˈɒp tə tɪvop·ta·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
optative mood, optativeadjective
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
optativeadjective
indicating an option or wish
optativeadjective
relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
"optative verb endings"
Wiktionary
optativenoun
a mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English has no inflexional optative mood, but it has modal verbs like "might" and "may" that express possibility.
optativenoun
a verb or expression in the optative mood.
optativeadjective
expressing a wish or a choice.
optativeadjective
related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Optativeadjective
Expressive of desire. [In grammar.]
Etymology: optativus, Lat.
The verb undergoes in Greek a different formation to signify wishing, which is called the optative mood. Clarke.
Wikipedia
optative
The optative mood ( or ; abbreviated OPT) is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope regarding a given action. It is a superset of the cohortative mood and is closely related to the subjunctive mood but is distinct from the desiderative mood. English has no morphological optative, but various constructions impute an optative meaning. Examples of languages with a morphological optative mood are Ancient Greek, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian, Friulian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Navajo, Old Prussian, Old Persian, Sanskrit, Turkish, and Yup'ik.
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optative
Optative is a grammatical mood, or a way of categorizing verbs, that is used to express wishes or hopes. It is often found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. In English, this mood is usually expressed through context or auxiliary verbs.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Optative
op′ta-tiv, or op-tā′tiv, adj. expressing desire or wish.—n. (gram.) a mood of the verb expressing wish.—adv. Op′tatively. [L. optativus—optāre, -ātum, to wish.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of optative in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of optative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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