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What does optative mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word optative? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
  2. (grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
Noun
  1. (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.
  2. (grammar) A verb or expression in the optative mood.
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