(in certain languages, of a verb) related in form to another verb and expressing the subject's desire or intention to perform the act denoted by the other verb
noun
3.
a desiderative verb
Examples of 'desiderative' in a sentence
desiderative
These forms encode variably the descriptive, narrative, habitual and desiderative functions.
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