a. Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. -- n. See Elective, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Original writs are either optional or peremptory. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Optional \Op"tion*al\, a.
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option;
left to one's discretion or choice; allowed but not
compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to
go or stay. -- n. See {Elective}, n.
[1913 Webster]
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was
the same that the latter chose when it was optional.
--Palfrey.
[1913 Webster]
Original writs are either optional or peremptory.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
optional
adj 1: possible but not necessary; left to personal choice [ant:
{obligatory}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
optional /ɔptsiːoːnaːl/
optionally
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