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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Optative

· Op·ta·tive · IPA /ˈɒptətɪv/
01 a. Expressing desire or wish.
  1. 1.
    Expressing desire or wish.
Phrases & compounds
Optative mood — that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
02 n. Something to be desired.
  1. 1.
    Something to be desired.[R.]
  2. 2.
    The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.(Gram.)