English-Thai Dictionary
optative
ADJ ซึ่ง ต้องการ ซึ่ง ปรารถนา sueng-tong-kan
optatively
ADV อย่าง ปรารถนา
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OPTATIVE
a.[L. optativus, from opto, to desire or wish. ] Expressing desire or wish. The optative mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb in which wish or desire is expressed.
OPTATIVE
n.Something to be desired. [Little used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OPTATIVE
Op "ta *tive, a. Etym: [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Defn: 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.
OPTATIVE
Op "ta *tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
OPTATIVELY
OPTATIVELY Op "ta *tive *ly, adv.
Defn: In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.] God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. Bp. Hall.
New American Oxford Dictionary
optative
op ta tive |ˈäptətiv ˈɑptədɪv |Grammar ▶adjective relating to or denoting a mood of verbs in Greek and other languages, expressing a wish, equivalent to English expressions if only . ▶noun a verb in the optative mood. • (the optative ) the optative mood. DERIVATIVES op ta tive ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French optatif, -ive, from late Latin optativus, from optat- ‘chosen, ’ from the verb optare (see opt ).
Oxford Dictionary
optative
optative |ˈɒptətɪv, ɒpˈteɪtɪv |Grammar ▶adjective relating to or denoting a mood of verbs in Greek and certain other languages, expressing a wish, equivalent in meaning to English let's or if only . ▶noun a verb in the optative mood. • (the optative ) the optative mood. DERIVATIVES optatively adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French optatif, -ive, from late Latin optativus, from optat- ‘chosen ’, from the verb optare (see opt ).
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