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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024op•ta•tive (op′tə tiv),USA pronunciation [Gram.]adj. - Grammardesignating or pertaining to a verb mood, as in Greek, that has among its functions the expression of a wish, as Greek íoimen "may we go, we wish we might go.''
n. - Grammarthe optative mood.
- Grammara verb in the optative mood.
- Late Latin optātīvus, equivalent. to Latin optāt(us) (past participle of optāre; see opt, -ate1) + -īvus -ive
- 1520–30
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