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Optative
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon.
2. The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.