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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Precative

· Prec·a·tive · IPA
01 a. Suppliant; beseeching.
  1. 1.
    Suppliant; beseeching.
Phrases & compounds
Precatory words — words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust.