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optative

op·ta·tive

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A mood of verbs found in some languages, used to express a wishA mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.

/ˈɒptətɪv/

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A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
A verb or expression in the optative mood.

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From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (

From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.

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