单词 | precative |
释义 | precativeadj.n. Chiefly Grammar. Expressing entreaty or desire; supplicatory; (spec. in Grammar, of a word, particle, mood, etc.) expressing a request or wish. Also as n.: a precative mood or expression.† precative disposition n. Law Obsolete rare = precatory trust n. at precatory adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning askingOE petitor1453 supplicatoryc1475 suppliant1550 entreating1566 placitatory1569 petitory1576 supplicant1577 suing1581 pleading1594 entreatful1596 conjuring1597 entreative1598 supplicative1601 petitionary1604 precatory1610 supplicating1612 petitioning1615 postulatorya1631 eucticala1638 obsecratory1645 placitory1651 imploring1655 precative1662 beseeching1704 obsecrationary1829 imploratory1832 suppliant-like1837 solicitive1865 solicitant1886 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec. conditional1530 subcontinuative1530 precatory1610 consuetudinal1728 conjunctive1736 precative1751 requisitive1751 adhortative1815 potential1837 jussive1846 obligative1877 hypothetical1892 permissive1892 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 482 I begin with the Petitionarie part of prayer, and it is threefold, Precative, Deprecative, Imprecative. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 144 The Requisitive..hath its subordinate Species. With respect to inferiors, 'tis an Imperative Mode; with respect to equals and superiors, 'tis a Precative or Optative. a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 52/2 Some writers have distinguished from the imperative, the precative, the deprecative, the permissive, the adhortative, [etc.]. 1871 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis ii. 234 A precative disposition (a disposition in the form of entreaty) is a trust. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 5 It is a matter of controversy whether the indicative or the precative form of absolution was the earliest. 1925 G. R. Driver in A. S. Peake People & Bk. 97 Since lû and lâ implied a precative and a prohibitory sense respectively, there was no risk of confusion between these forms. 1965 Language 41 12 Jeṣam and yeṣam represent full-grade precatives. 2003 J. van Seters Law Bk. for Diaspora ii. 63 The second-person imperative or imperfect (precative) and the ‘if-you’ forms are the innovation of Deuteronomy. Derivatives ˈprecatively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adverb] suppliantly1565 beggingly1598 petitionarily1604 askingly1611 supplicantly1629 supplicatorilya1631 eucticallya1638 begging-wise1645 precariously1646 earn1656 entreatingly1661 suppliant-like1670 supplicatingly1799 imploringly1810 beseechingly1830 pleadingly1838 appealingly1847 beggarly1850 precatively1869 1869 J. A. Hessey in Contemp. Rev. 11 180 Sung, pronounced, or uttered precatively or authoritatively. 1983 Jrnl. Oriental Soc. 103 129/2 For examples of named petitioners in prayers, see Lambert..(here..introduced narratively, rather than precatively, in the third person). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1662 |
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