Thesaurus: optative

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1. a. Expressing desire or wish.
2. n. Something to be desired.
3. n. The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
4. adj. indicating an option or wish
5. adj. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
6. n. a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
7. Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed. 1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon. 2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
8. Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), thatmood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wishor desire is expressed.
9. a. indicating an option or wish a. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages