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optative

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒptətɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeiopttvStarts with OEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages

Word origin

From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.

Used in a sentence

  • an optative blessing
  • […] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]

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