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optative

DEFINITIONS OF: optative

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adj indicating an option or wish

adj relating to a mood of verbs in some languages

“optative verb endings”

n a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

Synonyms:
optative mood
Type of:
modality, mode, mood
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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