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English adjective: optative | |||
| 1. | optative indicating an option or wish | ||
| 2. | optative relating to a mood of verbs in some languages | ||
| Samples | Optative verb endings. | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
English noun: optative | |||
| 1. | optative a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs | ||
| Synonyms | optative mood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | modality, mode, mood | ||
| Domain category | Sanskrit, Sanskritic language | ||
| Domain region | Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic | ||
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