optationn.

Brit.

/ɒpˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɑpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English optacioun, 1500s–1600s 1800s– optation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin optātiōn-, optātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin optātiōn-, optātiō the act of wishing, a wish (also in rhetorical sense) < optāt- , past participial stem of optāre optate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French optacion appeal, request (1456), French optation, in rhetorical sense (1838).

Now rare.

a. The action of wishing; a wish, a desire. Now literary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun]

wishingc1200

optationa1398

apprecation1606

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 10^v God is almyȝti..ȝeuynge lif to fele, louynge to optacioun, [etc.].

a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. E.iv Who beleeueth not this with key is bound, That it cannot be dissolued with the Roman Acheron..Nor by his owne works, nor no mans optation.

1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 67 Optation; when we fall to wishing, to declare our desire and good will towards them: it procureth good will.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 48 Regulating their determined realityes unto their private optations.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 200 To which she hath had a strong optation.

1922 E. Pound Let. 4 May (1971) 177 As you have been so explicit in yr. optation of undisturbed solitude I hesitate to offer to prolong my sojourn in Italy.

1982 V. Turner From Ritual to Theatre 43 Optation pervades the liminoid phenomenon, obligation the liminal.

†b. Rhetoric. An exclamation expressing a wish. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Piij To this..belong..Optation, Obtestation, Interrogation.

†2. An inclination, a preference. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing as more desirable > a preference

preference1864

optation1874

rather1879

1874 W. G. Ward Ess. (1884) I. 290 His inclination towards the immediate leaving school may be called (if you will) an ‘optation’; but it cannot be called a desire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	optation
释义	optationn. Brit. /ɒpˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɑpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English optacioun, 1500s–1600s 1800s– optation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin optātiōn-, optātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin optātiōn-, optātiō the act of wishing, a wish (also in rhetorical sense) < optāt- , past participial stem of optāre optate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French optacion appeal, request (1456), French optation, in rhetorical sense (1838). Now rare. 1. a. The action of wishing; a wish, a desire. Now literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] wishingc1200 optationa1398 apprecation1606 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 10^v God is almyȝti..ȝeuynge lif to fele, louynge to optacioun, [etc.]. a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. E.iv Who beleeueth not this with key is bound, That it cannot be dissolued with the Roman Acheron..Nor by his owne works, nor no mans optation. 1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 67 Optation; when we fall to wishing, to declare our desire and good will towards them: it procureth good will. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 48 Regulating their determined realityes unto their private optations. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 200 To which she hath had a strong optation. 1922 E. Pound Let. 4 May (1971) 177 As you have been so explicit in yr. optation of undisturbed solitude I hesitate to offer to prolong my sojourn in Italy. 1982 V. Turner From Ritual to Theatre 43 Optation pervades the liminoid phenomenon, obligation the liminal. †b. Rhetoric. An exclamation expressing a wish. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Piij To this..belong..Optation, Obtestation, Interrogation. †2. An inclination, a preference. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing as more desirable > a preference preference1864 optation1874 rather1879 1874 W. G. Ward Ess. (1884) I. 290 His inclination towards the immediate leaving school may be called (if you will) an ‘optation’; but it cannot be called a desire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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