Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Optative \Op"ta*tive\, a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
{Optative mood} (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in
Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is
expressed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Optative \Op"ta*tive\, n. [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] --Bacon.
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2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative
mood.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
optative
adj 1: indicating an option or wish
2: relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb
endings"
n 1: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or
hope; expressed in English by modal verbs [syn: {optative
mood}, {optative}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
