Definition of Optative

Adjective: optative  Ã³p-tu-tiv

  1. Indicating an option or wish
     
  2. (grammar) relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
    "optative verb endings"
Noun: optative  Ã³p-tu-tiv
  1. (Sanskrit) a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
    - optative mood

See also:
opt
optatively

Anagrams containing the word optative

ovptieat eoptativ veoptati iveoptat tiveopta ativeopt tativeop ptativeo