optative mood

Noun
Synonyms: optative

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Noun (1)

  1. a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbsSynonyms: optativeType of mood, mode
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Optative mood

Grammar, that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.

From the entry Optative.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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