Optative
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɒptətɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Optative is an adjective meaning Expressing a wish or a choice.
Meaning
Expressing a wish or a choice.
More Meanings
- (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
- (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
- (grammar) 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.
Example Sentences
an optative blessing
[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]
Word Forms
- optatives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include desiderative, volitional, facultative, intentive, aspirational, optable.
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