Looking for the meaning or definition of the word optative? Here's what it means.
Adjective
Expressing a wish or a choice.
(grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Noun
(grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English has no inflexional optative mood, but it has modal verbs like "will", "might", and "may" that express possibility.