optative

1. a. Expressing desire or wish. Source: opted

2. n. Something to be desired. Source: opted

3. n. The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood. Source: opted

4. adj. indicating an option or wish Source: wordnet

5. adj. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages Source: wordnet

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

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

9. a. indicating an option or wish a. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages Source: ecdict

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