| slovo | definícia |
optative
(encz) | optative, n: |
Optative
(gcide) | Optative \Op"ta*tive\, a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. --Fuller.
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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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Optative
(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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optative
(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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
optative
(encz) | optative, n: |
optative mood
(encz) | optative mood, n: |
Optative mood
(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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Optatively
(gcide) | Optatively \Op"ta*tive*ly\, adv.
In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]
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God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God
optatively. --Bp. Hall.
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optative
(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] |
optative mood
(wn) | optative mood
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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