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| op·ta·tive [ óptətiv ] |
adjective |
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1. of choice-making: relating to the making of choices
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formal
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2. grammar of grammatical mood: describes a grammatical mood in Greek and some other languages that expresses wishes or desires, or a verb in this mood
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3. grammar containing verb expressing wish: describes a clause or sentence containing a verb expressing a wish or desire and in the subjunctive or optative mood
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noun (plural op·ta·tives) |
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1. optative mood: the optative mood of a verb
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2. verb in optative mood: a verb in the optative mood
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin optativus< optare "choose, desire"] |
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  op·ta·tive·ly adverb |
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